Many stale cfexecd processes on RHAS 2.1 - cfengine-2.1.11

[David E. Nelson]

Hi All,

Since compiling and installing version 2.1.11 for RedHat AS2.1, I'm getting the 
following:

# ps -ef | grep cf
root      8347     1  0 Nov18 ?        00:00:04 /var/cfengine/bin/cfenvd
root      8361     1  0 Nov18 ?        00:00:00 /var/cfengine/bin/cfservd
root     11860     1  0 Nov18 ?        00:00:00 /var/cfengine/bin/cfexecd
root     17189     1  0 Nov18 ?        00:00:00 /var/cfengine/bin/cfexecd
root     22887     1  0 Nov18 ?        00:00:00 /var/cfengine/bin/cfexecd
root     31065     1  0 Nov18 ?        00:00:00 /var/cfengine/bin/cfexecd
root      9722     1  0 Nov18 ?        00:00:00 /var/cfengine/bin/cfexecd
root     12403     1  0 Nov18 ?        00:00:00 /var/cfengine/bin/cfexecd
root     15116     1  0 Nov18 ?        00:00:00 /var/cfengine/bin/cfexecd
root     18106     1  0 00:00 ?        00:00:00 /var/cfengine/bin/cfexecd
root     28961     1  0 04:00 ?        00:00:00 /var/cfengine/bin/cfexecd
root     31960     1  0 05:00 ?        00:00:00 /var/cfengine/bin/cfexecd
root      2232     1  0 06:00 ?        00:00:00 /var/cfengine/bin/cfexecd
root      5699     1  0 07:00 ?        00:00:00 /var/cfengine/bin/cfexecd
root      8365     1  0 08:01 ?        00:00:00 /var/cfengine/bin/cfexecd

Almost every hour has a cfexecd hanging around.



I fail to get any strace output for any of the cfexecd'd other than for the 
latest one (pid 8365).  The output is:

time(NULL)                              = 1100876755
uname({sys="Linux", node="creek-app", ...}) = 0
uname({sys="Linux", node="creek-app", ...}) = 0
time(NULL)                              = 1100876755
socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0)         = 3
connect(3, {sin_family=AF_UNIX, path="/var/run/.nscd_socket"}, 110) = -1 ENOENT 
(No such file or directory)
close(3)                                = 0
open("/etc/hosts", O_RDONLY)            = 3
fcntl64(0x3, 0x1, 0, 0x1)               = 0
fcntl64(0x3, 0x2, 0x1, 0x2)             = 0
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=311, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 
0x40018000
read(3, "# Do not remove the following li"..., 4096) = 311
close(3)                                = 0
munmap(0x40018000, 4096)                = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [32], 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, NULL, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [32], NULL, 8) = 0
nanosleep({60, 0},




If I do 'ps -elf' I get (note the rt_sig of the stale processes):

040 S root 8347 1 0 76 0 - 1084 schedu Nov18 ?  00:00:04 
/var/cfengine/bin/cfenvd

040 S root 8361 1 0 78 0 - 1043 schedu Nov18 ?  00:00:00 
/var/cfengine/bin/cfservd

040 S root 11860 1 0 75 0 - 1506 rt_sig Nov18 ?  00:00:00 
/var/cfengine/bin/cfexecd

040 S root 22887 1 0 75 0 - 1507 rt_sig Nov18 ?  00:00:00 
/var/cfengine/bin/cfexecd

040 S root 31065 1 0 75 0 - 1506 rt_sig Nov18 ?  00:00:00 
/var/cfengine/bin/cfexecd

040 S root 9722 1 0 75 0 - 1507 rt_sig Nov18 ?  00:00:00 
/var/cfengine/bin/cfexecd

040 S root 12403 1 0 75 0 - 1507 rt_sig Nov18 ?  00:00:00 
/var/cfengine/bin/cfexecd

040 S root 15116 1 0 75 0 - 1506 rt_sig Nov18 ?  00:00:00 
/var/cfengine/bin/cfexecd

040 S root 18106 1 0 75 0 - 1507 rt_sig 00:00 ?  00:00:00 
/var/cfengine/bin/cfexecd

040 S root 28961 1 0 75 0 - 1507 rt_sig 04:00 ?  00:00:00 
/var/cfengine/bin/cfexecd

040 S root 31960 1 0 75 0 - 1506 rt_sig 05:00 ?  00:00:00 
/var/cfengine/bin/cfexecd

040 S root 2232 1 0 75 0 - 1507 rt_sig 06:00 ?  00:00:00 
/var/cfengine/bin/cfexecd

040 S root 5699 1 0 75 0 - 1506 rt_sig 07:00 ?  00:00:00 
/var/cfengine/bin/cfexecd

040 S root 17189 1 0 75 0 - 1507 rt_sig Nov18 ?  00:00:00 
/var/cfengine/bin/cfexecd

040 S root 11093 1 0 75 0 - 922 schedu 09:00 ?  00:00:00 
/var/cfengine/bin/cfexecd



If I can help out in any way, let me know.

Regards,
         /\/elson