Too Many Processes open / What do to?

[Neil Symons]

Has anyone experienced when processes don't die and eventually causes process count to fill up to an extent where the whole system stops working?

It now happens often and I think its some sort of exploit being executed as the system has not changed in a while and this only happens during times where someone capable of getting the system up is around?

Most of the processes left are /USR/SBIN/CRON and /usr/sbin/in.qpopper
The processes run and return to ownership of root, but are no longer required.

Anyone has a suggestion to what I need to look for?

-- Neil

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