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Old 02-02-2011
Strange Process FIST
Just run top on my server and noticed lots of processes called "fist"
Code:
28626 root      15   0 18176  12m 2420 S  2.7  0.2   0:00.08 fist
28631 root      15   0 18176  12m 2420 S  2.7  0.2   0:00.08 fist
28633 root      15   0 18172  12m 2420 S  2.7  0.2   0:00.08 fist
28640 root      15   0 18184  12m 2420 S  2.3  0.2   0:00.07 fist
28644 root      15   0 18180  12m 2420 S  2.3  0.2   0:00.07 fist
28649 root      15   0 18020  11m 2320 S  2.0  0.2   0:00.06 fist
 2137 named     25   0  246m  10m 2072 S  1.0  0.1   0:37.20 named
27717 root      18   0 70404 5200  744 D  1.0  0.1   0:03.09 find
28485 root      15   0 18320  11m 1324 S  0.7  0.1   0:00.02 fist
  486 root      10  -5     0    0    0 S  0.3  0.0   0:42.95 kjournald
 2083 root      16   0  5908  624  500 S  0.3  0.0   0:00.86 syslogd
27737 root      15   0 12872 1252  816 R  0.3  0.0   0:00.16 top
28489 root      15   0 18300  11m 1324 S  0.3  0.1   0:00.01 fist
28493 root      15   0 18320  11m 1172 S  0.3  0.1   0:00.01 fist
28500 root      15   0 18300  11m 1196 S  0.3  0.1   0:00.01 fist
28505 root      15   0 18324  11m 1172 S  0.3  0.1   0:00.01 fist
28508 root      15   0 18320  11m 1172 S  0.3  0.1   0:00.01 fist
28515 root      15   0 18344  11m 1176 S  0.3  0.1   0:00.01 fist
28534 root      15   0 18344  11m 1176 S  0.3  0.1   0:00.01 fist
28535 root      15   0 18316  11m 1172 S  0.3  0.1   0:00.01 fist
28536 root      15   0 18320  11m 1172 S  0.3  0.1   0:00.01 fist
28537 root      15   0 18320  11m 1172 S  0.3  0.1   0:00.01 fist
28568 root      15   0 18172  11m 1492 S  0.3  0.1   0:00.01 fist
28574 root      15   0 18172  11m 1492 S  0.3  0.1   0:00.01 fist
28609 root      15   0 18424  11m 1200 S  0.3  0.1   0:00.01 fist
28615 root      15   0 18340  11m 1172 S  0.3  0.1   0:00.01 fist
28621 root      15   0 18316  11m 1172 S  0.3  0.1   0:00.01 fist
28622 root      15   0 18340  11m 1172 S  0.3  0.1   0:00.01 fist
28628 root      15   0 18344  11m 1172 S  0.3  0.1   0:00.01 fist
28642 root      15   0 18324  11m 1176 S  0.3  0.1   0:00.01 fist
    1 root      15   0 10348  700  592 S  0.0  0.0   0:01.05 init

Anyone seen these before - I did a google on it but could not find much - they were respawing and their numbers were not constant - so I ran KILLALL

I am running Centos - x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Martyn

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# 2  
Old 02-02-2011
Could try a "which fist" to maybe find it's binary. Also a ps with different switches/options could show the path to that binary.
When you found it, you might issue a
Code:
strings fist

to see what kind of readable text is in it to hopefully get a clue.
Also query your package management like rpm for example on other Linux distros to get information - it could be part of an installed package.
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