Bug 5170

Summary: syslogd leaks memory
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: jjs
Component: sysklogdAssignee: David Lawrence <dkl>
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Description jjs 1999-09-16 21:06:42 UTC 
Sometimes I see syslogd process which has grown very big.
It might have RSS size of about 90MB. Normally syslogd's RSS
size is about 1MB.

I am using syslogd to save logs from few routers to files.
(-r option enabled in startup script)
I receive about 10MB of log per day. I have to restart
syslogd about every two weeks (when it takes about 90MB of
memory)
Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 1999-09-17 14:30:59 UTC 
Upgrade to the latest glibc from Raw Hide, or turn off
nis & nisplus in /etc/nsswitch.conf.