Yes, two(2) binaries and one (1) shell script are called via exec as follows from the file, - user (an authentication binary program - Exec-Program-Wait = "/usr/local/sbin/auth -- %{User-Name} %{User-Password} %{%{Called-Station-Id}:-Missing} %{%{NAS-IP-Address}:-Missing} %{%{Calling-Station-Id}:-Missing} %{%{NAS-Port-Type}:-Missing} %{Vendor-Specific}" ,) -acct_user (shell script - Exec-Program = "%{exec:/usr/local/sbin/acctstop.sh}", ) and -attr_rewrite module (a hex translation binary - replacewith = "%{exec:/usr/local/sbin/hexconvert -lX %{User-Name} }") Is this bad? Is there a better alternative? Thanks so much! -craig ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan DeKok" <aland@deployingradius.com> To: "FreeRadius users mailing list" <freeradius-users@lists.freeradius.org> Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 4:17 PM Subject: Re: over 30 radiusd processes
Craig Campbell wrote:
radius-a seems to be getting the bulk of the radius records. Normally, it has a single process. Last night it spawned a bunch of children that seem to be loitering...
Are you forking shell scripts via "exec"?
radius-b and radius-c don't have more than a single radiusd process.
Any idea what is going on? Why all the children? Do I need to be concerned? Is this normal?
It's not normal. They're likely zombies that need to go away. The server normally cleans up any zombie children, but...
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