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Old 10-28-2003
Runaway processes killed (Really need help)
I got about more than 300 emails from root with the subject "Runaway processes killed" saying that "13146 12737 97.7 6 bash" . So what should I do? Any help would be appreciate
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Old 10-28-2003
Which are you concerned about - what to do with over 300 emails or with something killing off processes?

Email - delete it.

As far as the processes being killed off - start with who sent the email - more than likely, it is from the user id that did the killing (presumed root). Check root's crontab for scripts that run quite often or check your OS /etc/inittab file (post your OS for more help).
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Old 10-28-2003
Is there any more aggressive killing in the runaway
process killing script that can stop the root to send these email to me ???

I'm using Redhat 7.2
 
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