[lug] load average constant at 2

[Jason Bowen]

ps doesn't show anything unusual either.  I thought about an intruder but
I don't see anything to be honest.

On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Atkinson, Chip wrote:

> What does ps show?  Any chance there is a secret process that's running as
> the result of an intrusion?  It was something I found on my machines anyway.
> It didn't appear to affect the load too much though.  When I see that
> problem, it's often something like netscape.
> 
> Chip
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Jason Bowen [mailto:Jason.Bowen at Colorado.EDU]
> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 2:38 PM
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: [lug] load average constant at 2
> 
> 
> For about 2 weeks now, at least that is when I noticed it first, my load
> average sits at 2.  This is with top reporting the idle processes at close
> to 100%.  When I reboot the machine the 5 and 15 minute load averages
> slowly creep towards 2.00 while the 1 minute average drops to 2.00
> after letting the machine idle after I login at the console.  Has anybody
> seen something like this before?
> Jason
> 
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