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    Why is CRON generating many child zombie processes?

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    • cesarmsjC
      cesarmsj
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      These are the schedules we have at CRON. Zabbix is ​​warning us that there are many processes in PFSense, when I went to see, there were many zombie processes, with the father being CRON. How can I resolve this without having to restart the server?

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      • GertjanG
        Gertjan @cesarmsj
        last edited by

        These :

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        are non-default.

        What pfSense version is this ?

        Remove the package that included the extra cron lines.
        Squid, cron.

        Where does "swapstate_check.php" comes from ?

        No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
        Edit : and where are the logs ??

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        • bmeeksB
          bmeeks @cesarmsj
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          @cesarmsj said in Why is CRON generating many child zombie processes?:

          These are the schedules we have at CRON. Zabbix is ​​warning us that there are many processes in PFSense, when I went to see, there were many zombie processes, with the father being CRON. How can I resolve this without having to restart the server?

          cfe904eb-b616-4d67-9860-da9a08c365bd-image.png image url)

          The two entries at the bottom of the list for Snort jobs are normal when you install the Snort package. One has cron execute a task every 5 minutes to see if any log files need rotating, and the other job checks to see if the Snort team (or Emerging Threats, when used) has posted a new set of rules. That job runs every 12 hours by default.

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          • cesarmsjC
            cesarmsj @Gertjan
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            @gertjan Version 2.4.5-RELEASE-p1. swapstate_check.php was already by default, and we need to get the Squid package installed.

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