On 10 Dec 2008, at 10:18, Gerard Hooton wrote:
> Hello All,
>> I am having problems with Exim4.6
> I am seeing multiple copies of it running
>> ps -elf |grep exim
>> 5 S 102 10020 1 0 80 0 - 3491 - 09:30 ?
> 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
> 1 S 102 10080 10020 0 80 0 - 3493 - 09:34 ?
> 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
> 1 S 102 10096 10020 0 80 0 - 3493 - 09:35 ?
> 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
> 1 S 102 10098 10020 0 80 0 - 3493 - 09:35 ?
> 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
> 1 S 102 10101 10020 0 80 0 - 3493 - 09:35 ?
> 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m
>>> This list is growing over time
>> I note that they all have a PPID = PID of the first one.
No they don't - each process has a separate unique ID as per the
output you've provided
>>> Any ideas?
You'd be better off posting to the main ILUG list ...
Secondly it's normal for most daemons to run multiple processes, so
unless it's not actually working what is the problem?
>
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