Hi Harisha, on Sat, 10 Jul 2004 14:17:46 +0530 you wrote:
> All of sudden the no. of daeomons increases to some random number..
> Currently it is
> # ps -ef|grep exim
> mailnull 2492 1 0 14:08 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m
> mailnull 2496 2492 0 14:08 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m
> root 2528 2103 0 14:14 pts/2 00:00:00 grep exim
> Whenever there is a SMTP attempt to server,
Are you *sure* this is what's causing it?
> the no. of daemons keeps on increasing!
> WHAT IS THE CAUSE FOR THIS !!
I don't know, but shouting is unlikely to help track it down. Are you
trying to run Exim from inetd/xinetd or something? That would be the
obvious cause. Alternatively, it's almost certainly something on your
system which is repeatedly starting Exim. Check your cron jobs.
Tim
