It could be one of many reasons, as others have already mentioned. I would download and run chkrootkit. I suspect you've been rooted and there's an invisible entry in your crontab. Don't ask me how I know. Good luck. > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Götz Reinicke > Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 2:37 AM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Big trouble with cron - high systemload and not working jobs > > Hi, > > we do have some big problems with one of our RHEL3 (running the latest > updates) Servers. > > Since last week the systemload increases within two or three days up to > 60! and no cronjobs are done anymore, they hang. > > The jobs are the usual systemjobs (make-whatis, updatedb for slocate) > and our backupscript which worked fine for the last two years. > > Furthormore some servises hang, e.g. NetAtalk (appletalk fileservises), > ssh login and local login. For example Samba still works fine. > > If I reboot the server, all jobs will be killed and for one or two days > the load is not above 1 and all servises are fine, crond ass well. > > Restarting or killing the crond and the cronjobs fail too. > > Any troubleshooting hints? googling didn't helped so far and there are > no usable logmessages :-( > > > Thanks a lot and best regards > > Götz Reinicke > -- > Götz Reinicke > IT Koordinator > > Tel. +49 7141 969 420 > Fax +49 7141 969 55 420 > mailto:goetz.reinicke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg > Mathildenstr. 20 > 71638 Ludwigsburg > http://www.filmakademie.de/ > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
