Too Many Processes open / What do to?

[Damien Elmes]

Neil Symons <neil at goldweb.com.au> writes:

> 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?

You can also look into resource limits, allowing a maximum amount of
CPU time, instances, etc to particular logins and users.

Have a hunt for /etc/security/limits.conf on google.

Cheers!

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Damien Elmes
resolve at repose.cx