MMDF help

[Qman61832]

We have a SCO Unix server that handles our customer database and recently it has been lagging. After speaking with the software vendor, we determined that the MMDF process is causing a lot of unnecessary activity on the system. My understanding is that the MMDF process handles mail for the server, however we do not use the mail feature of this server-is there a way to turn this off and prevent it from restarting when the system is rebooted?

 

[Annihilannic]

You could edit /etc/rc2.d/P86mmdf and comment out the last line to prevent it starting up.

Then do a ps -ef | grep deliver and kill the relevant process ID.

Which process exactly is causing the problem, and how was it identified? Annihilannic.

 

[Qman61832]

We noticed a considerable slowdown in the system when printing, so I called the software vendor that supports our database. They were able to telnet in and determine what process was consuming a large amount of resources. After that, I was able to kill the process and it increased overall system performance.
However, being a Unix newbie, Im not sure how to comment out the autostart line - do I use a ";" in front of it? I think that is it, but Im not 100% sure...
/me starts looking for Unix training classes...LOL

Thanks for your help!

 

[Annihilannic]

Use a # character. You'll notice when you edit it that it consists mostly of comments already. Annihilannic.

 

[Qman61832]

That seems to have helped...however I did notice while poking around that root has a LOT of email. (I hardly ever touch this machine...) It wont let me delete and discard the messages from the mail window...is there a directory where the messages are stored? If so, is it ok to go into that directory and delete the files?

Thanks again for all your help!

 

[Annihilannic]

See this thread, and perhaps have a look at the technical article mentioned: thread58-448233 Annihilannic.