over 30 radiusd processes

[Craig Campbell]

Up to 65 processes now....

Any ideas how to stop this from happening?

Anyone?

Thanks,
-craig
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan DeKok" <aland at deployingradius.com>
To: "FreeRadius users mailing list" <freeradius-users at lists.freeradius.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 1:21 AM
Subject: Re: over 30 radiusd processes


> Craig Campbell wrote:
>> Yes, two(2) binaries and one (1) shell script are called via exec as
>> follows from the file,
>
> Could you NOT CC me on messages to the list?  I subscribe, and I read
> the messages.
>
>  And fix your mailer.  I saw a *large* number of duplicates.
>
>>    - 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 at deployingradius.com>
>> To: "FreeRadius users mailing list" 
>> <freeradius-users at 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...
>>>
>>>  Alan DeKok.
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