Re: defunct ifconfig

[gnu]

Is there a fix for this?  I'm running into it using cfengine v2.1.6-1.

cjs


>Well the change that has occurred in cfengine is that it tries
>to find an ipv6 address using ifconfig. As to why it hangs, I
>am not sure...
>
>M
>
>On 30 Apr, Lance Albertson wrote:
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I'm having a couple of strange problems lately with cfengine that I
>> think could be related. It seems that cfagent is somehow making a
>> defunct ifconfig process that just lingers. Along with this, there seems
>> to be multiple cfexecd/cfagent processes that also seem to linger. Below
>> is some of the ps output for the machine. This has just recently been
>> happening and I don't think I've changed anything lately to make this
>> happen. The only major thing is I've upgraded cfengine to 2.1.5 lately.
>>
>> root     28747  0.0  0.1 11644 3836 ?        S    Apr30   0:00
>> /var/cfengine/bin/cfexecd
>> root     22480  0.0  0.2  5556 4484 ?        S    Apr30   0:00
>> /var/cfengine/bin/cfagent
>> root     13753  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        Z    Apr30   0:00 [ifconfig]
>> <defunct>
>> root     10738  0.0  0.0  1688 1284 ?        S    Apr30   0:00
>/USR/SBIN/CRON
>> root     31714  0.0  0.1  4736 2176 ?        S    Apr30   0:00
>> /usr/sbin/cfexecd -F
>> root     17319  0.0  0.2  5588 4540 ?        S    Apr30   0:00
>> /var/cfengine/bin/cfagent
>> root      2979  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        Z    Apr30   0:00 [ifconfig]
>> <defunct>
>> root     19072  0.0  0.1 11644 3836 ?        S    Apr30   0:00
>> /var/cfengine/bin/cfexecd
>> root     31005  0.0  0.2  5532 4484 ?        S    Apr30   0:00
>> /var/cfengine/bin/cfagent
>> root     13333  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        Z    Apr30   0:00 [ifconfig]
>> <defunct>
>> root      1560  0.0  0.0  1688 1284 ?        S    Apr30   0:00
>/USR/SBIN/CRON
>> root     16453  0.0  0.1  4764 2176 ?        S    Apr30   0:00
>> /usr/sbin/cfexecd -F
>> root     13099  0.0  0.2  5748 5096 ?        S    Apr30   0:00
>> /var/cfengine/bin/cfagent
>> root     21605  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        Z    Apr30   0:00 [ifconfig]
>> <defunct>
>> root     14299  0.0  0.1 11644 3836 ?        S    00:00   0:00
>> /var/cfengine/bin/cfexecd
>> root      3565  0.0  0.2  5736 4896 ?        S    00:00   0:00
>> /var/cfengine/bin/cfagent
>> root     12430  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        Z    00:00   0:00 [ifconfig]
>> <defunct>
>>
>> Sorry I don't have much other debug info, but I thought I'd at least see
>> if any of you have encountered this before. There's not much info in the
>> logs that I can see so far. Anyhelp would be great!
>>
>> Thanks!
>>