Re: Detecting runaway process?
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 13:40:59 -0600
"Damian" wrote
> I a running a RH7.3 Linux system that has been running great for a long
> time.
>
> Now for the last month or so, every couple days something running on it
> will cause it to gradually lock up, like it's eating memory and/or cpu
> cycles until the machine no longer accepts any input and needs to be
> rebooted. In other words, a run away program.
>
> My question is there any way to track down which program is misbehaving.
> The logs haven't been too helpful in this case.
Log in as root on the system console and issue the command top
-- punch the letter q to exit top.
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