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Old 07-09-2011, 05:38 AM   #1
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hello
i have a load problem on my server since 6/7/2011(about 3 days).
always my server load's is about 0.53 but suddenly increase load step by step. when this problem happen, i see "top" output and it shown that a command "/usr/sbin/repqouta" with "root" with "100%" usage for "05:11" was runnig.
when i run "kill -9 [pid]" can not kill and stop "/usr/sbin/repqouta".
this problem cause of increase load and get down server.
how can i fix it?
 
Old 07-10-2011, 06:52 AM   #2
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There are a couple of troublesome aspects to this problem, especially the fact that you could not kill the process. A dramatic increase in server load, with 100% cpu usage can indicate an application has gone into the weeds and there may be a mundane explanation for this occurrence. It could also be an indication that you have been compromised. Without more detail it is impossible to say. Lets start with some questions:

1 - Do you know what repquota does and are you using it?
2 - What distribution and rev level are you running?
3 - what server applications, e.g. SSH, Apache, Postfix, are you running (again what rev level)?
4 - Are you using any content mangement or server management tools, e.g. plesk, nagios, webmin?

With the file being run as root, use the command /bin/ps axfwwwe to see what the process tree is. This should give you an idea if it has been launched, say for example, from a user who has SSH'd into the system. Then look at the output of netstat -pane and verify that the connections all look legitimate. For example do you see extra connections on SSH or on a non standard port?
 
  


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