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| author |   Edinaldo P. Silva <edps.mundognu@gmail.com> | 2015-07-22 11:52:06 +0700 |
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| committer |   Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org> | 2015-07-22 13:53:53 +0700 |
| commit | 06f87caa73b23ab33f842013f390d962301b9dd4 (patch) | |
| tree | c1c09a623149e6cb2acf5714aaa8528908565034 /system/forkstat/README | |
| parent | 4ab10c9c9c6f9e39a4670bce6027ca4736183400 (diff) | |
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system/forkstat: Added (process monitoring tool).
Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
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diff --git a/system/forkstat/README b/system/forkstat/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0ca19a6e64 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/forkstat/README @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +forkstat (process fork/exec/exit monitoring tool). + +Forkstat is a program that logs process fork(), exec() and exit() activity. +It is useful for monitoring system behaviour and to track down rogue processes +that are spawning off processes and potentially abusing the system. + +Note that forkstat uses the Linux netlink connector to gather process activity +and this may miss events if the system is overly busy. +Netlink connector also requires root privilege. |