From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Loserdos NT 4.0) Description of problem: Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Sometimes Steps to Reproduce: 1. ps fax Actual Results: [pkoistin@telinux1 pkoistin]$ ps fax Signal 17 caught by ps (procps version 2.0.7). Please send bug reports to <procps-bugs> [pkoistin@telinux1 pkoistin]$ Expected Results: [pkoistin@telinux1 pkoistin]$ ps fax PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 1 ? S 0:03 init 2 ? SW 0:00 [keventd] 3 ? SWN 0:00 [ksoftirqd_CPU0] 4 ? SW 0:00 [kswapd] 5 ? SW 0:00 [bdflush] 6 ? SW 0:00 [kupdated] 7 ? SW 0:00 [mdrecoveryd] 16 ? SW 0:00 [kjournald] 140 ? SW 0:00 [kjournald] 141 ? SW 0:00 [kjournald] 142 ? SW 0:00 [kjournald] 143 ? SW 0:01 [kjournald] 445 ? S 0:00 syslogd -m 0 450 ? S 0:00 klogd -x 470 ? S 0:00 portmap 498 ? S 0:01 rpc.statd 595 ? SW 0:00 [rpciod] 596 ? SW 0:00 [lockd] 637 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd 13449 ? S 0:01 \_ /usr/sbin/sshd 13470 pts/2 S 0:00 | \_ -bash 13717 pts/2 S 0:00 | \_ screen 13718 ? S 0:00 | \_ SCREEN 13719 pts/3 S 0:00 | \_ /bin/bash 13762 pts/3 S 0:00 | | \_ ping -i 123 ns 13775 pts/4 S 0:00 | \_ /bin/bash 3004 ? S 0:01 \_ /usr/sbin/sshd 3056 ? S 0:00 | \_ /usr/libexec/openssh/sftp-server 7322 ? S 0:01 \_ /usr/sbin/sshd 7335 pts/0 S 0:00 | \_ -bash 9112 pts/0 S 0:00 | \_ pico st4c-schedule.php 9335 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/sshd 9338 pts/1 S 0:01 | \_ -bash 9484 pts/1 S 0:00 | \_ screen 9485 ? S 0:00 | \_ SCREEN 9486 pts/5 S 0:00 | \_ /bin/bash 9592 pts/5 S 0:00 | | \_ pine 9515 pts/6 S 0:00 | \_ /bin/bash 9593 pts/7 S 0:00 | \_ /bin/bash 10404 pts/7 R 0:00 | \_ ps fax 9696 ? S 0:01 \_ /usr/sbin/sshd 9700 pts/8 S 0:01 | \_ -bash 9962 ? S 0:01 \_ /usr/sbin/sshd 10039 pts/9 S 0:00 \_ -bash 10084 pts/9 S 0:00 \_ pine 651 ? S 0:09 /usr/bin/slpuasa 663 ? S 0:01 /usr/sbin/ndsd 665 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/ndsd 666 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/ndsd 667 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/ndsd 668 ? S 0:12 \_ /usr/sbin/ndsd 669 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/ndsd 670 ? S 0:14 \_ /usr/sbin/ndsd 671 ? S 0:14 \_ /usr/sbin/ndsd 672 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/ndsd 673 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/ndsd 674 ? S 0:14 \_ /usr/sbin/ndsd 675 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/ndsd 676 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/ndsd 677 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/ndsd 678 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/ndsd 679 ? S 0:01 \_ /usr/sbin/ndsd 762 ? S 0:01 \_ /usr/sbin/ndsd 843 ? S 0:12 \_ /usr/sbin/ndsd 844 ? S 0:14 \_ /usr/sbin/ndsd 858 ? S 0:12 \_ /usr/sbin/ndsd 861 ? S 0:30 \_ /usr/sbin/ndsd 2195 ? S 0:13 \_ /usr/sbin/ndsd 2954 ? S 0:10 \_ /usr/sbin/ndsd 736 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/nds_uamcd 737 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/nds_uamcd 738 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/nds_uamcd 739 ? S 0:05 \_ /usr/sbin/nds_uamcd 740 ? S 0:05 \_ /usr/sbin/nds_uamcd 741 ? S 0:05 \_ /usr/sbin/nds_uamcd 742 ? S 0:04 \_ /usr/sbin/nds_uamcd 743 ? S 0:05 \_ /usr/sbin/nds_uamcd 751 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/nds_ssod 752 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/nds_ssod 753 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/nds_ssod 754 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/nds_ssod 755 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/nds_ssod 756 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/nds_ssod 757 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/nds_ssod 758 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/nds_ssod 759 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/nds_ssod 760 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/nds_ssod 761 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/nds_ssod 896 ? S 0:00 /usr/libexec/postfix/master 904 ? S 0:01 \_ nqmgr -l -n qmgr -t fifo -u -c 31946 ? S 0:01 \_ pickup -l -t fifo -u -c 933 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd -DHAVE_ACCESS -DHAVE_PROXY -DHAVE_AUT 940 ? S 0:02 \_ /usr/sbin/httpd -DHAVE_ACCESS -DHAVE_PROXY -DHAVE 941 ? S 0:03 \_ /usr/sbin/httpd -DHAVE_ACCESS -DHAVE_PROXY -DHAVE 942 ? S 0:03 \_ /usr/sbin/httpd -DHAVE_ACCESS -DHAVE_PROXY -DHAVE 944 ? S 0:03 \_ /usr/sbin/httpd -DHAVE_ACCESS -DHAVE_PROXY -DHAVE 945 ? S 0:03 \_ /usr/sbin/httpd -DHAVE_ACCESS -DHAVE_PROXY -DHAVE 946 ? S 0:03 \_ /usr/sbin/httpd -DHAVE_ACCESS -DHAVE_PROXY -DHAVE 947 ? S 0:03 \_ /usr/sbin/httpd -DHAVE_ACCESS -DHAVE_PROXY -DHAVE 951 ? S 0:03 \_ /usr/sbin/httpd -DHAVE_ACCESS -DHAVE_PROXY -DHAVE 1122 ? S 0:02 \_ /usr/sbin/httpd -DHAVE_ACCESS -DHAVE_PROXY -DHAVE 1145 ? S 0:04 \_ /usr/sbin/httpd -DHAVE_ACCESS -DHAVE_PROXY -DHAVE 1149 ? S 0:02 \_ /usr/sbin/httpd -DHAVE_ACCESS -DHAVE_PROXY -DHAVE 1150 ? S 0:03 \_ /usr/sbin/httpd -DHAVE_ACCESS -DHAVE_PROXY -DHAVE 2926 ? S 0:03 \_ /usr/sbin/httpd -DHAVE_ACCESS -DHAVE_PROXY -DHAVE 2932 ? S 0:03 \_ /usr/sbin/httpd -DHAVE_ACCESS -DHAVE_PROXY -DHAVE 2933 ? S 0:02 \_ /usr/sbin/httpd -DHAVE_ACCESS -DHAVE_PROXY -DHAVE 6613 ? S 0:02 \_ /usr/sbin/httpd -DHAVE_ACCESS -DHAVE_PROXY -DHAVE 6277 ? S 0:01 \_ /usr/sbin/httpd -DHAVE_ACCESS -DHAVE_PROXY -DHAVE 983 ? S 0:01 crond 1006 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/atd 1095 ? S 0:00 /usr/CYEagent/asagentd 1114 tty1 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty1 1115 tty2 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty2 1116 tty3 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty3 1117 tty4 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty4 1118 tty5 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty5 1119 tty6 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty6 10160 ? R 0:01 /usr/sbin/nscd 10166 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/nscd 10167 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/nscd 10168 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/nscd 10169 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/nscd 10170 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/nscd 10171 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/nscd [pkoistin@telinux1 pkoistin]$ Additional info: Email address <procps-bugs> doesn't work.
Signal 17? That's SIGCHLD. ps doesn't have children. That sounds very very strange.
This seems to not depend on nscd. I installed BIND with caching-nameserver settings, and we still get that same error message. I guess it could be Novell eDirectory that is messing up everything.
Running this in crobtab will help. 0 7,20 * * * /etc/init.d/postfix stop >/dev/null 2>/dev/null ; /etc/init.d/nds stop >/dev/null 2>/dev/null ; /etc/init.d/nscd stop >/dev/null ; killall -9 ndsd nds_ssod nds_uamcd slpuasa nscd 2>/dev/null ; sleep 5 ; /etc/init.d/nscd start >/dev/null ; /etc/init.d/nds start >/dev/null 2>/dev/null ; /etc/init.d/postfix start >/dev/null
Novell sucks. We removed eDirectory. Problem solved, I hope so.
The original message was received at Thu, 31 Oct 2002 09:55:06 -0500 from mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31] ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- <procps-bugs> (reason: 550 5.1.1 <procps-bugs>... User unknown) (expanded from: <procps-bugs>)
Can't write <procps-bugs> in summary field?
Jan 28 16:33:43 dsl-hkigw4e42 postfix/smtp[2403]: 3B1BE839E1: to=<procps-bugs>, relay=mx1.redhat.com[66.187.233.31], delay=2, status=sent (250 2.0.0 h0SG4Pf24600 Message accepted for delivery) Seems to be working.