> Can someone tell me what is going on with syslog and why it is taking so
> much CPU time ? I see nothing unusal in /var/log/messages. RH6.1 with all
> updates.
>
>
> PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT LIB %CPU %MEM TIME COMMAND
> 1667 root 20 10 488 480 388 R N 0 49.4 0.1 3:17 syslogd
> 1688 cajun 20 11 12748 12M 216 R N 0 44.3 4.9 3:08
> setiathome
> Thanks,
> Mike
I bet that one of the log files is really large.
For some strange reason syslog CPU usage depends on the
log file size. I see this on big mail servers etc; all
the time.
Is your /var/log/messages very long?
what about /var/log/maillog (if this is your mail system).
Rotate the /var/log 's by hand and then set better
rules in /etc/logrotate.d (depending on redhat release)
and of course- "man logrotate".
-Monta Elkins
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