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    • J
      Justinw
      last edited by

      This is the last reading from top before it died:

      last pid:  3238;  load averages:  1.11,  0.97,  0.46    up 0+00:04:34  10:49:10
      47 processes:  1 running, 46 sleeping
      CPU states: 19.2% user,  0.0% nice, 18.8% system,  1.5% interrupt, 60.5% idle
      Mem: 31M Active, 4088K Inact, 30M Wired, 676K Cache, 25M Buf, 113M Free
      Swap: 1024M Total, 13M Used, 1011M Free, 1% Inuse

      PID USERNAME  THR PRI NICE  SIZE    RES STATE    TIME  WCPU COMMAND
      3236 root        1  -8    0 21324K 17384K piperd  0:00 29.00% php
        926 proxy      1  4    0 15052K  9600K kqread  0:02  0.00% squid
        605 root        1  4    0  3568K  1736K kqread  0:01  0.00% lighttpd
        946 proxy      1  -4    0  1736K  680K msgwai  0:00  0.00% diskd-daemon
        932 proxy      1  -8    0  1256K  364K piperd  0:00  0.00% unlinkd
      1784 root        1  96    0  2432K  1452K RUN      0:00  0.00% top
      1209 root        1 116  20  3244K  1592K select  0:00  0.00% radiusd
      1584 root        1  96    0  5744K  2288K select  0:00  0.00% sshd
        545 nobody      1  96    0  1408K  532K select  0:00  0.00% dnsmasq
        727 dhcpd      1  96    0  2460K  1104K select  0:00  0.00% dhcpd
        165 root        1  96    0  1440K  600K select  0:00  0.00% syslogd
      1115 root        1  8  20  1740K  600K wait    0:00  0.00% sh
        820 _ntp        1  96    0  1340K  624K select  0:00  0.00% ntpd
        515 root        1  8    0 13172K    0K wait    0:00  0.00% <php>533 root        1  8    0 13172K    0K wait    0:00  0.00% <php>934 root        1  8  20  1272K  408K nanslp  0:00  0.00% check_reload_st
        959 root        1  8    0  1712K    0K wait    0:00  0.00%</php></php>

      And in the gui under system CPU usage shows as 100% to the wall, but when I turn off captive protal the problem goes away.

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      • S
        sullrich
        last edited by

        Wait until it happens again then get a top reading.  This reading shows nothing wrong:

        60.5% idle

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        • J
          Justinw
          last edited by

          Still hasn't crashed since the last post, there are often 10-15 users hitting it though, and I do have an ip address on the pass through ip in both directions, it is so they can follow a link to a sign up page where there information is entered and checked against a master database.    I don't know that th I'm running top right now though, I'll give you the reading when it crashes again

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          • J
            Justinw
            last edited by

            This is the latest, this time it didnt' kill my ssh session, but it won't respond to additionall ssh or web gui requests, it looks like something is causing the swap partition to overflow, 856M used isn't what I would call normal anyways…

            last pid: 39981;  load averages:  0.20,  2.09,  2.40      up 0+01:57:48  12:50:25
            206 processes: 103 running, 93 sleeping, 6 zombie, 4 lock
            CPU states:  1.9% user,  0.0% nice,  2.6% system,  0.7% interrupt, 94.8% idle
            Mem: 123M Active, 16M Inact, 40M Wired, 448K Cache, 28M Buf, 564K Free
            Swap: 1024M Total, 856M Used, 168M Free, 83% Inuse, 600K In, 700K Out

            PID USERNAME PRI NICE  SIZE    RES STATE    TIME    CPU COMMAND

            I tried doing a control c to break the top session and gain access to the command line again, it worked but its about a full minute delay for the commands I type to appear on the screen.  My best guess is the swap is the problem, but I'm not sure what about the captive portal is filling it up,  I did see that before it crashed a whole bunch of php commands were executed and the res state changed after about 2 sec to pfault.  I tried and garner more information on the next run w/ it.

            Update: before I rebooted the box, I got a ps -A off and here is what I got (deleted several entries that are irrevalant from the top to shorten the post):

            14088  ??  RL    0:15.10 /usr/local/sbin/lighttpd -f /var/etc/lighty-CaptivePort
            39303  ??  S      0:00.39 /usr/local/bin/php -f /etc/rc.prunecaptiveportal
            39505  ??  RL    0:00.50 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39521  ??  Z      0:00.54 <defunct>39542  ??  RL    0:00.51 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39557  ??  RL    0:00.48 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39572  ??  I      0:00.00 cron: running job (cron)
            39578  ??  IWs    0:00.00 /bin/sh -c /usr/bin/getRadiusLists.sh
            39600  ??  RL    0:00.53 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39601  ??  RL    0:00.53 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39611  ??  RL    0:00.52 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39617  ??  IW    0:00.00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/getRadiusLists.sh
            39634  ??  RL    0:00.51 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39635  ??  RL    0:00.51 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39640  ??  RL    0:00.49 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39644  ??  I      0:00.50 /usr/local/bin/php -f /etc/rc.banner
            39645  ??  I      0:00.01 grep WAN
            39652  ??  RL    0:00.49 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39655  ??  RL    0:00.52 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39669  ??  RL    0:00.52 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39671  ??  RL    0:00.51 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39673  ??  RL    0:00.50 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39677  ??  RL    0:00.52 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39678  ??  RL    0:00.52 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39689  ??  Z      0:00.52 <defunct>39692  ??  RL    0:00.51 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39695  ??  RL    0:00.50 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39703  ??  RL    0:00.50 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39709  ??  RL    0:00.44 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39713  ??  RL    0:00.50 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39718  ??  RL    0:00.51 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39723  ??  RL    0:00.50 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39731  ??  RL    0:00.50 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39734  ??  RL    0:00.48 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39736  ??  RL    0:00.50 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39738  ??  I      0:00.00 cron: running job (cron)
            39739  ??  I      0:00.00 cron: running job (cron)
            39740  ??  IWs    0:00.00 /bin/sh -c  /usr/bin/nice -n20 /etc/ping_hosts.sh
            39741  ??  IWs    0:00.00 /bin/sh -c /usr/bin/getRadiusLists.sh
            39745  ??  S      0:00.50 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39746  ??  RL    0:00.48 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39747  ??  IWN    0:00.00 sh /usr/local/etc/rc.d/proxy_monitor.sh start
            39748  ??  RL    0:00.47 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39749  ??  RL    0:00.49 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39750  ??  RL    0:00.50 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39751  ??  IN    0:00.01 /bin/sh /etc/ping_hosts.sh
            39752  ??  RL    0:00.44 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39753  ??  RL    0:00.44 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39754  ??  S      0:00.46 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39756  ??  RL    0:00.41 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39759  ??  RL    0:00.36 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39761  ??  DL    0:00.32 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39765  ??  IW    0:00.00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/getRadiusLists.sh
            39771  ??  RL    0:00.37 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39775  ??  RNL    0:00.01 awk { print $1 }
            39787  ??  RL    0:00.31 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39789  ??  RL    0:00.27 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39790  ??  RL    0:00.45 /usr/local/bin/php -f /etc/rc.banner
            39791  ??  I      0:00.01 grep WAN
            39794  ??  RL    0:00.27 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39800  ??  IWN    0:00.00 /bin/sh /etc/ping_hosts.sh
            39805  ??  L      0:00.40 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39809  ??  RL    0:00.30 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39811  ??  RL    0:00.43 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39816  ??  RL    0:00.29 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39818  ??  I      0:00.00 cron: running job (cron)
            39819  ??  I      0:00.00 cron: running job (cron)
            39820  ??  RNL    0:00.03 /bin/ps awwux
            39821  ??  RL    0:00.30 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39823  ??  RL    0:00.29 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39824  ??  RL    0:00.29 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39825  ??  RL    0:00.26 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39826  ??  IWs    0:00.00 /bin/sh -c  /usr/bin/nice -n20 /etc/ping_hosts.sh
            39828  ??  IWs    0:00.00 /bin/sh -c /usr/bin/getRadiusLists.sh
            39829  ??  RNL    0:00.01 grep ping_hosts.sh
            39830  ??  IN    0:00.01 grep -v grep
            39831  ??  RL    0:00.30 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39833  ??  IN    0:00.00 wc -l
            39845  ??  RL    0:00.29 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39847  ??  RL    0:00.40 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39849  ??  IW    0:00.00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/getRadiusLists.sh
            39852  ??  RL    0:00.21 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39854  ??  IN    0:00.01 /bin/sh /etc/ping_hosts.sh
            39855  ??  RL    0:00.33 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39858  ??  RL    0:00.19 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39861  ??  RL    0:00.27 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39863  ??  RL    0:00.30 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39864  ??  RL    0:00.27 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39868  ??  RL    0:00.26 /usr/local/bin/php -f /etc/rc.banner
            39869  ??  I      0:00.01 grep WAN
            39882  ??  RL    0:00.28 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39886  ??  I      0:00.00 cron: running job (cron)
            39887  ??  I      0:00.00 cron: running job (cron)
            39889  ??  RL    0:00.17 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39891  ??  IWN    0:00.00 /bin/sh /etc/ping_hosts.sh
            39892  ??  RL    0:00.18 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39894  ??  RL    0:00.17 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39897  ??  RL    0:00.16 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39902  ??  IWs    0:00.00 /bin/sh -c  /usr/bin/nice -n20 /etc/ping_hosts.sh
            39903  ??  IWs    0:00.00 /bin/sh -c /usr/bin/getRadiusLists.sh
            39904  ??  RL    0:00.16 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39908  ??  RL    0:00.15 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39909  ??  RL    0:00.16 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39912  ??  RL    0:00.16 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39913  ??  RL    0:00.17 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39916  ??  RNL    0:00.01 grep -v grep
            39918  ??  IN    0:00.00 wc -l
            39919  ??  RL    0:00.21 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39920  ??  RL    0:00.16 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39924  ??  RL    0:00.16 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39927  ??  RL    0:00.13 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39928  ??  RL    0:00.15 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39931  ??  IN    0:00.01 /bin/sh /etc/ping_hosts.sh
            39936  ??  IW    0:00.00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/getRadiusLists.sh
            39949  ??  RL    0:00.17 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39952  ??  RL    0:00.17 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39954  ??  RNL    0:00.01 sh -c echo sleeping > /tmp/check_reload_status
            39957  ??  L      0:00.16 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39968  ??  RL    0:00.15 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39969  ??  RNL    0:00.00 /bin/sh /var/db/rrd/updaterrd.sh
            39974  ??  RL    0:00.09 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            39978  ??  I      0:00.00 cron: running job (cron)
            39979  ??  I      0:00.00 cron: running job (cron)
            39984  ??  RL    0:00.10 /usr/local/bin/php -f /etc/rc.banner
            39985  ??  I      0:00.01 grep WAN
            39986  ??  IWs    0:00.00 /bin/sh -c /usr/bin/getRadiusLists.sh
            39987  ??  IWs    0:00.00 /bin/sh -c  /usr/bin/nice -n20 /etc/ping_hosts.sh
            39988  ??  RL    0:00.08 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
            40002  ??  IW    0:00.00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/getRadiusLists.sh
            40004  ??  RLs    0:00.01 /usr/sbin/sshd -R
            40005  ??  IWN    0:00.00 /bin/sh /etc/ping_hosts.sh
            40006  ??  RNL    0:00.01 /bin/sh /etc/ping_hosts.sh
            40007  ??  RNL    0:00.00 sh /usr/local/etc/rc.d/proxy_monitor.sh start
            40008  ??  RLs    0:00.01 /usr/sbin/sshd -R
            40009  ??  RLs    0:00.01 /usr/sbin/sshd -R
            40010  ??  RLs    0:00.01 /usr/sbin/sshd -R
            40012  ??  RLs    0:00.01 /usr/sbin/sshd -R
            40013  ??  RNL    0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/check_reload_status
            40014  ??  IW    0:00.00 sh /usr/local/etc/rc.d/proxy_monitor.sh start
            40015  ??  RNL    0:00.00 /bin/ps awwux
            40016  ??  RL    0:00.01 ps awux
            40017  ??  DL    0:00.00 grep squid -D
            40018  ??  DL    0:00.00 grep -v grep
            40019  ??  RNL    0:00.00 /bin/sh /etc/ping_hosts.sh
            40020  ??  RNL    0:00.00 /bin/sh /etc/ping_hosts.sh
            40021  ??  I      0:00.00 wc -l
            40022  ??  RL    0:00.01 sh -c /sbin/ping -c 1 -t 1 192.168.104.178 > /dev/null
            40023  ??  RL    0:00.00 sh -c /sbin/ifconfig -l
            40024  ??  RNL    0:00.00 wc -l
            40025  ??  RL    0:00.00 awk { print $1 }
            40027  ??  LLs    0:00.00 sshd: [accepted] (sshd)
            40028  ??  RL    0:00.00 sh -c /sbin/ipfw -T list 10022 2>/dev/null
            40029  ??  RL    0:00.01 /usr/local/bin/php -f /etc/rc.banner
            40030  ??  D      0:00.00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/getRadiusLists.sh
            40031  ??  RL    0:00.00 sshd: [accepted] (sshd)
            40032  ??  RL    0:00.00 sshd: [accepted] (sshd)
            40033  ??  RL    0:00.00 /usr/sbin/sshd
            40034  ??  R      0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/lighttpd -f /var/etc/lighty-CaptivePort
            40035  ??  RL    0:00.00 /usr/sbin/sshd
            1005  v0  IWs    0:00.00 login [pam] (login)
            1007  v0  IW    0:00.00 -sh (sh)
            1009  v0  IW+    0:00.00 /bin/sh /etc/rc.initial
              211 con- IW    0:00.00 dhclient: vr0 [priv] (dhclient)
              291 con- S      0:00.26 /usr/sbin/tcpdump -l -n -e -ttt -i pflog0
              292 con- S      0:00.08 logger -t pf -p local0.info
              795 con- SW    0:00.00 ntpd: ntp engine (ntpd)
              909 con- I      0:00.17 sh /usr/local/etc/rc.d/proxy_monitor.sh start
              932 con- IWN    0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/check_reload_status
              938 con- IWN    0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/check_reload_status
            3591  p0  IWs    0:00.00 -sh (sh)
            3592  p0  IW    0:00.00 /bin/sh /etc/rc.initial
            3607  p0  IW+    0:00.00 /usr/local/bin/bash
            7565  p1  IWs    0:00.00 -sh (sh)
            7567  p1  IW    0:00.00 /bin/sh /etc/rc.initial
            7585  p1  IW    0:00.00 /usr/local/bin/bash
            40026  p1  R+    0:00.01 ps -A
            16411  p2  IWs    0:00.00 -sh (sh)
            16412  p2  IW+    0:00.00 /bin/sh /etc/rc.initial
            39876  p2  RL+    0:00.26 /usr/local/bin/php -f /etc/rc.banner</defunct></defunct>

            So that is what is filling up the swap, why so many are starting, I'm not sure, shouldn't that be prevented by the max connections? 
            Is there possibly something wrong with the index.php that is causing it to spam itself a billion times?

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            • J
              Justinw
              last edited by

              Here is the code that I gave to the server for the login page via the gui:

              
<title>Sign In Page</title>

**OnNetNow Sign-In**

<form method="post" action="$PORTAL_ACTION$">

| 

|     

### Sign In

             |               

           |
| 
	<label for="auth_user">**UserName**</label> 

	<label for="auth_pass">**Password**</label>  	

                     | 

#### Instructions:

This page allows for user authentication for web services. Please enter the 
		username and password from the sign-up process, then click "continue" to login.

[Sign up here](http://signupageaddress.net:8000/?location=44 "Sign-up Now!") if you have not already done so.

Problems? 

Call us

 |

       |

  © 2007, [Author](http://whateverpage.net "Contact the extremly suave author"), All Rights Reserved.

</form>
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              • S
                sullrich
                last edited by

                @Justinw:

                This is the latest, this time it didnt' kill my ssh session, but it won't respond to additionall ssh or web gui requests, it looks like something is causing the swap partition to overflow, 856M used isn't what I would call normal anyways…

                last pid: 39981;  load averages:  0.20,  2.09,  2.40      up 0+01:57:48  12:50:25
                206 processes: 103 running, 93 sleeping, 6 zombie, 4 lock
                CPU states:  1.9% user,  0.0% nice,  2.6% system,  0.7% interrupt, 94.8% idle
                Mem: 123M Active, 16M Inact, 40M Wired, 448K Cache, 28M Buf, 564K Free
                Swap: 1024M Total, 856M Used, 168M Free, 83% Inuse, 600K In, 700K Out

                PID USERNAME PRI NICE  SIZE    RES STATE    TIME    CPU COMMAND

                I tried doing a control c to break the top session and gain access to the command line again, it worked but its about a full minute delay for the commands I type to appear on the screen.  My best guess is the swap is the problem, but I'm not sure what about the captive portal is filling it up,  I did see that before it crashed a whole bunch of php commands were executed and the res state changed after about 2 sec to pfault.  I tried and garner more information on the next run w/ it.

                Update: before I rebooted the box, I got a ps -A off and here is what I got (deleted several entries that are irrevalant from the top to shorten the post):

                14088  ??  RL    0:15.10 /usr/local/sbin/lighttpd -f /var/etc/lighty-CaptivePort
                39303  ??  S      0:00.39 /usr/local/bin/php -f /etc/rc.prunecaptiveportal
                39505  ??  RL    0:00.50 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39521  ??  Z      0:00.54 <defunct>39542  ??  RL    0:00.51 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39557  ??  RL    0:00.48 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39572  ??  I      0:00.00 cron: running job (cron)
                39578  ??  IWs    0:00.00 /bin/sh -c /usr/bin/getRadiusLists.sh
                39600  ??  RL    0:00.53 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39601  ??  RL    0:00.53 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39611  ??  RL    0:00.52 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39617  ??  IW    0:00.00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/getRadiusLists.sh
                39634  ??  RL    0:00.51 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39635  ??  RL    0:00.51 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39640  ??  RL    0:00.49 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39644  ??  I      0:00.50 /usr/local/bin/php -f /etc/rc.banner
                39645  ??  I      0:00.01 grep WAN
                39652  ??  RL    0:00.49 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39655  ??  RL    0:00.52 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39669  ??  RL    0:00.52 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39671  ??  RL    0:00.51 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39673  ??  RL    0:00.50 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39677  ??  RL    0:00.52 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39678  ??  RL    0:00.52 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39689  ??  Z      0:00.52 <defunct>39692  ??  RL    0:00.51 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39695  ??  RL    0:00.50 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39703  ??  RL    0:00.50 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39709  ??  RL    0:00.44 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39713  ??  RL    0:00.50 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39718  ??  RL    0:00.51 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39723  ??  RL    0:00.50 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39731  ??  RL    0:00.50 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39734  ??  RL    0:00.48 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39736  ??  RL    0:00.50 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39738  ??  I      0:00.00 cron: running job (cron)
                39739  ??  I      0:00.00 cron: running job (cron)
                39740  ??  IWs    0:00.00 /bin/sh -c  /usr/bin/nice -n20 /etc/ping_hosts.sh
                39741  ??  IWs    0:00.00 /bin/sh -c /usr/bin/getRadiusLists.sh
                39745  ??  S      0:00.50 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39746  ??  RL    0:00.48 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39747  ??  IWN    0:00.00 sh /usr/local/etc/rc.d/proxy_monitor.sh start
                39748  ??  RL    0:00.47 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39749  ??  RL    0:00.49 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39750  ??  RL    0:00.50 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39751  ??  IN    0:00.01 /bin/sh /etc/ping_hosts.sh
                39752  ??  RL    0:00.44 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39753  ??  RL    0:00.44 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39754  ??  S      0:00.46 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39756  ??  RL    0:00.41 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39759  ??  RL    0:00.36 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39761  ??  DL    0:00.32 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39765  ??  IW    0:00.00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/getRadiusLists.sh
                39771  ??  RL    0:00.37 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39775  ??  RNL    0:00.01 awk { print $1 }
                39787  ??  RL    0:00.31 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39789  ??  RL    0:00.27 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39790  ??  RL    0:00.45 /usr/local/bin/php -f /etc/rc.banner
                39791  ??  I      0:00.01 grep WAN
                39794  ??  RL    0:00.27 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39800  ??  IWN    0:00.00 /bin/sh /etc/ping_hosts.sh
                39805  ??  L      0:00.40 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39809  ??  RL    0:00.30 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39811  ??  RL    0:00.43 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39816  ??  RL    0:00.29 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39818  ??  I      0:00.00 cron: running job (cron)
                39819  ??  I      0:00.00 cron: running job (cron)
                39820  ??  RNL    0:00.03 /bin/ps awwux
                39821  ??  RL    0:00.30 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39823  ??  RL    0:00.29 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39824  ??  RL    0:00.29 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39825  ??  RL    0:00.26 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39826  ??  IWs    0:00.00 /bin/sh -c  /usr/bin/nice -n20 /etc/ping_hosts.sh
                39828  ??  IWs    0:00.00 /bin/sh -c /usr/bin/getRadiusLists.sh
                39829  ??  RNL    0:00.01 grep ping_hosts.sh
                39830  ??  IN    0:00.01 grep -v grep
                39831  ??  RL    0:00.30 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39833  ??  IN    0:00.00 wc -l
                39845  ??  RL    0:00.29 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39847  ??  RL    0:00.40 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39849  ??  IW    0:00.00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/getRadiusLists.sh
                39852  ??  RL    0:00.21 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39854  ??  IN    0:00.01 /bin/sh /etc/ping_hosts.sh
                39855  ??  RL    0:00.33 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39858  ??  RL    0:00.19 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39861  ??  RL    0:00.27 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39863  ??  RL    0:00.30 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39864  ??  RL    0:00.27 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39868  ??  RL    0:00.26 /usr/local/bin/php -f /etc/rc.banner
                39869  ??  I      0:00.01 grep WAN
                39882  ??  RL    0:00.28 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39886  ??  I      0:00.00 cron: running job (cron)
                39887  ??  I      0:00.00 cron: running job (cron)
                39889  ??  RL    0:00.17 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39891  ??  IWN    0:00.00 /bin/sh /etc/ping_hosts.sh
                39892  ??  RL    0:00.18 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39894  ??  RL    0:00.17 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39897  ??  RL    0:00.16 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39902  ??  IWs    0:00.00 /bin/sh -c  /usr/bin/nice -n20 /etc/ping_hosts.sh
                39903  ??  IWs    0:00.00 /bin/sh -c /usr/bin/getRadiusLists.sh
                39904  ??  RL    0:00.16 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39908  ??  RL    0:00.15 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39909  ??  RL    0:00.16 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39912  ??  RL    0:00.16 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39913  ??  RL    0:00.17 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39916  ??  RNL    0:00.01 grep -v grep
                39918  ??  IN    0:00.00 wc -l
                39919  ??  RL    0:00.21 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39920  ??  RL    0:00.16 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39924  ??  RL    0:00.16 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39927  ??  RL    0:00.13 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39928  ??  RL    0:00.15 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39931  ??  IN    0:00.01 /bin/sh /etc/ping_hosts.sh
                39936  ??  IW    0:00.00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/getRadiusLists.sh
                39949  ??  RL    0:00.17 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39952  ??  RL    0:00.17 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39954  ??  RNL    0:00.01 sh -c echo sleeping > /tmp/check_reload_status
                39957  ??  L      0:00.16 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39968  ??  RL    0:00.15 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39969  ??  RNL    0:00.00 /bin/sh /var/db/rrd/updaterrd.sh
                39974  ??  RL    0:00.09 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                39978  ??  I      0:00.00 cron: running job (cron)
                39979  ??  I      0:00.00 cron: running job (cron)
                39984  ??  RL    0:00.10 /usr/local/bin/php -f /etc/rc.banner
                39985  ??  I      0:00.01 grep WAN
                39986  ??  IWs    0:00.00 /bin/sh -c /usr/bin/getRadiusLists.sh
                39987  ??  IWs    0:00.00 /bin/sh -c  /usr/bin/nice -n20 /etc/ping_hosts.sh
                39988  ??  RL    0:00.08 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php
                40002  ??  IW    0:00.00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/getRadiusLists.sh
                40004  ??  RLs    0:00.01 /usr/sbin/sshd -R
                40005  ??  IWN    0:00.00 /bin/sh /etc/ping_hosts.sh
                40006  ??  RNL    0:00.01 /bin/sh /etc/ping_hosts.sh
                40007  ??  RNL    0:00.00 sh /usr/local/etc/rc.d/proxy_monitor.sh start
                40008  ??  RLs    0:00.01 /usr/sbin/sshd -R
                40009  ??  RLs    0:00.01 /usr/sbin/sshd -R
                40010  ??  RLs    0:00.01 /usr/sbin/sshd -R
                40012  ??  RLs    0:00.01 /usr/sbin/sshd -R
                40013  ??  RNL    0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/check_reload_status
                40014  ??  IW    0:00.00 sh /usr/local/etc/rc.d/proxy_monitor.sh start
                40015  ??  RNL    0:00.00 /bin/ps awwux
                40016  ??  RL    0:00.01 ps awux
                40017  ??  DL    0:00.00 grep squid -D
                40018  ??  DL    0:00.00 grep -v grep
                40019  ??  RNL    0:00.00 /bin/sh /etc/ping_hosts.sh
                40020  ??  RNL    0:00.00 /bin/sh /etc/ping_hosts.sh
                40021  ??  I      0:00.00 wc -l
                40022  ??  RL    0:00.01 sh -c /sbin/ping -c 1 -t 1 192.168.104.178 > /dev/null
                40023  ??  RL    0:00.00 sh -c /sbin/ifconfig -l
                40024  ??  RNL    0:00.00 wc -l
                40025  ??  RL    0:00.00 awk { print $1 }
                40027  ??  LLs    0:00.00 sshd: [accepted] (sshd)
                40028  ??  RL    0:00.00 sh -c /sbin/ipfw -T list 10022 2>/dev/null
                40029  ??  RL    0:00.01 /usr/local/bin/php -f /etc/rc.banner
                40030  ??  D      0:00.00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/getRadiusLists.sh
                40031  ??  RL    0:00.00 sshd: [accepted] (sshd)
                40032  ??  RL    0:00.00 sshd: [accepted] (sshd)
                40033  ??  RL    0:00.00 /usr/sbin/sshd
                40034  ??  R      0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/lighttpd -f /var/etc/lighty-CaptivePort
                40035  ??  RL    0:00.00 /usr/sbin/sshd
                1005  v0  IWs    0:00.00 login [pam] (login)
                1007  v0  IW    0:00.00 -sh (sh)
                1009  v0  IW+    0:00.00 /bin/sh /etc/rc.initial
                  211 con- IW    0:00.00 dhclient: vr0 [priv] (dhclient)
                  291 con- S      0:00.26 /usr/sbin/tcpdump -l -n -e -ttt -i pflog0
                  292 con- S      0:00.08 logger -t pf -p local0.info
                  795 con- SW    0:00.00 ntpd: ntp engine (ntpd)
                  909 con- I      0:00.17 sh /usr/local/etc/rc.d/proxy_monitor.sh start
                  932 con- IWN    0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/check_reload_status
                  938 con- IWN    0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/check_reload_status
                3591  p0  IWs    0:00.00 -sh (sh)
                3592  p0  IW    0:00.00 /bin/sh /etc/rc.initial
                3607  p0  IW+    0:00.00 /usr/local/bin/bash
                7565  p1  IWs    0:00.00 -sh (sh)
                7567  p1  IW    0:00.00 /bin/sh /etc/rc.initial
                7585  p1  IW    0:00.00 /usr/local/bin/bash
                40026  p1  R+    0:00.01 ps -A
                16411  p2  IWs    0:00.00 -sh (sh)
                16412  p2  IW+    0:00.00 /bin/sh /etc/rc.initial
                39876  p2  RL+    0:00.26 /usr/local/bin/php -f /etc/rc.banner</defunct></defunct>

                So that is what is filling up the swap, why so many are starting, I'm not sure, shouldn't that be prevented by the max connections? 
                Is there possibly something wrong with the index.php that is causing it to spam itself a billion times?

                Something is pounding your CP with new sessions… May want to locate the client in question.  Either that or limit the maximum connections per client further.

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                  Infected
                  last edited by

                  I had just the same problem some time ago. The solution was to close down Captive portal. After that CPU usage returned back to normal. (5-10%). The box was a firewall for a lan party with about 110 attendants. i can't post any info about the processes since the box is not online anymore but I had the same problem as Justinw.
                  Everything was deadly slow and there were loads of these "39542  ??  RL    0:00.51 /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/captiveportal/index.php" php processes.
                  The cpu usage also went 100%

                  Edit: The version I am using is 1.0.1

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                    jeroen234
                    last edited by

                    1.0.1 is old use a snapshot like 06-02-2007

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                      Justinw
                      last edited by

                      When I made this post, the snapshot I was using was only 1-2 days old, I haven't been able to try it with more recent snapshots, but should be able to soon, let you know then what happens.

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                        doush
                        last edited by

                        Same problem occurs on a WRAP box when capitive portal is enabled on the OPT1 wireless interface without using RADIUS only the local user manager.

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                          hoba
                          last edited by

                          Anybody please test with the latest snapshot. Fastcgi was enabled for the CP webserver wich should speed things up.

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                            Justinw
                            last edited by

                            I've tested it, I also added an additional 512 ram to the server as well.  The usage still hits 100, but it hasn't crashed the server yet, and watching top, the 100% times are just spikes, not holding steady anymore.  No more than 5 requests or so get lined up in top before they all get cleared out.  Still pretty intense but seems to be working better. Thanks for the fix

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                              Justinw
                              last edited by

                              Sullrich mentioned in the past also that he runs a setup with 5,000 users using the CP.  I'm running a lot less users (about 10-15 times less).  Anyone else that could advise on hardware specs for 250-500 users with a cp would be helpful.  Right now it may be somewhat skimpy 1.5 ghz duron with 768 ram. The CPU is pegged with 3-4 users hitting the CP.  Right now max concurrent connections is actually set to 1.  If I understand right this means a single user can only open 1 thread, and the max is open at once is either 4 or 16, not sure which?    If there are ways to optimize the portal that would be helpful to know about as well.  Thanks in advance.

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                                simba5140
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                                I am having the same issue with a 3G Pentium with 2G of memory and 2G swap space. I have not had issues with the CP until today. CPU was 100% and swap space was totally consumed and the the system completely locked. After reboot the system would work for approximately 5 minutes and then reinitiate the same process. After man frustrating recycles, I disable CP completely. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

                                Thanks,

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                                  hoba
                                  last edited by

                                  Any abnormal traffic coming in through the CP enabled interface that is flooding the CP page? Also what does top report when it starts to freak out?

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                                    sullrich
                                    last edited by

                                    Also check the state tables.  How many states are active to the captive portal.

                                    I have found a lot of environments that have viruses and such that are making outbound port 80 connections that end up getting sent to the captive portal.  What this does is overwhelm the machine due to the amount of requests a second that some viruses attempt.

                                    If you find that clients are making too many requests a second limit the client connection count in the Captive Portal settings screen.

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