Most look like this. Perhaps waiting for someone to log in.
serena \$ pstack 18215 18215: imapd fef1ea54 sigsuspend (ffbee4d0) feecee10 _libc_sleep (1, 2, ffffffff, 0, 1, 1ab30) + f4 0001ab30 cmd_login (e2138, ffffefec, e2288, 0, 6e006c69, 6e000000) + 244 00019684 cmdloop (dc800, d9400, 4d000, 4d000, 4d000, 1a800) + 111c 00018330 service_main (0, ffbefc6c, ffbefc74, 2, 0, ffbefa80) + 24c 00016d28 main (1, ffbefc6c, 4bc00, ffbefc74, 0, 0) + 460 00016720 _start (0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0) + 5c
--On 24 February 2003 07:29 -0500 Dave McMurtrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Paul Christie wrote:
We are accumulating hanging imapd processes at the rate of about 30 per day. Some are over 20 days old now. I can find no pattern in terms of client used etc. Any suggestions for investigating this further?
Where does /usr/proc/bin/pstack show them being stuck? Maybe gcore one of them, too.
Dave -- Dave McMurtrie, Systems Programmer University of Pittsburgh Computing Services and Systems Development, Development Services -- UNIX and VMS Services 717P Cathedral of Learning (412)-624-6413
Paul Christie Bath University Computing Services
