Excessive resource usage: tcpdump

[ChrisM2A]

Hi,

Getting emails re: Excessive resource usage: tcpdump,

Any suggestions please?

Account: tcpdump
Resource: Process Time
Exceeded: 160445 > 3000 (seconds)
Executable: /usr/sbin/tcpdump
Command Line: tcpdump -vvv
PID: 695269 (Parent PID:110743)
Killed: No

[Elizine]

Assuming that process is stuck and can be killed off, just run:

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kill -9 110743

If you still get more notifications of that process running for more than 3000 seconds run a lsof on it:

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lsof -p PID

and check if it provides any clues for getting stuck, otherwise open up a ticket with cPanel so they can look into why the process is running for so long.