Process Control

[jlundquist]

I have a "runaway" process filling up /home, and I can't determine which one it is with ps -ef. I wish I had "top" but I don't on this machine. Is there a way to get it from the Internet? Or what is the best way to search for this out of control process?<br>
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Thanks

 

[gonepostal]

top is a must have for troubleshooting, go to;<br>

http://www.sunfreeware.com/

and you can download it...

 

[AndyBo]

Also have a look for "lsof". This will show what processes are using an open file, and much more. "lsof /home" would show all processes that are accessing files on /home.<br>
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An often forgotten standard utility is "fuser" (/usr/sbin/fuser on Solaris). If you know the name of the file that is being generated then do:<br>
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/usr/sbin/fuser /home/filename<br>
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This should list PIDs for processes accessing the file.

 

[jlundquist]

Thank you for your help. I went to Sun's webpage, and I'm<br>
in the process of installing TOP (/usr/local/bin), but<br>
getting the following error message when doing 'make install':<br>
<br>
make install<br>
/bin/cc -DHAVE_GETOPT -DORDER -DHAVE_STRERROR -c top.c<br>
sh: /bin/cc: not found<br>
*** Error code 1<br>
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `top.o'

 

[jfk]

Since Solaris 2.x, Sun no longer includes a C compiler with the OS. You have to purchase your own or, preferrable, load the freely available GNU gcc compiler.<br>
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You can find many useful applications at:<br>
<br>

http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/solaris/sparc/<br>

<br>
Hope that helps,<br>
jfk

 

[AndyBo]

Also take a look at

http://www.sunfreeware.com

- lots of pre-compiled goodies on there for Solaris 2.5 up. Top is on there for SPARC and Intel for Solaris 2.5 and 2.6, at least.

 

[lahrg]

You can also get the GNU gcc compiler at sunfreeware.com, in case you need to compile something in the future. Definately look at lsof, I have had instances where the process did not showup in anything but lsof when I had a similar problem.