Re: SV: [cobalt-security] - too many sendmail processes

["njd 76" <njd76@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am fairly new to the security world but i installed chkrootkit on one of 
my cobalts and have found it to be a great way to keep on top of the log 
files. My problem however is after I installed it I noticed when I ran top 
the following was in the list: (not sure if chkrootkit has anything to do 
with this)

1911 root     0   0  1660 1660  1388 S       0  0.0  1.2   0:00 sendmail
1912 root     0   0  1768 1768  1336 S       0  0.0  1.3   0:00 sendmail
2000 root     0   0  1660 1660  1384 S       0  0.0  1.2   0:00 sendmail
2001 root     0   0  1820 1820  1344 S       0  0.0  1.4   0:00 sendmail
2108 root     0   0  1660 1660  1388 S       0  0.0  1.2   0:00 sendmail
2111 root     0   0  1768 1768  1336 S       0  0.0  1.3   0:00 sendmail
2174 root     0   0  1660 1660  1388 S       0  0.0  1.2   0:00 sendmail
2175 root     0   0  1776 1776  1340 S       0  0.0  1.3   0:00 sendmail
2224 root     0   0  1660 1660  1384 S       0  0.0  1.2   0:00 sendmail
2225 root     0   0  1820 1820  1344 S       0  0.0  1.4   0:00 sendmail
2246 root     0   0  1660 1660  1388 S       0  0.0  1.2   0:00 sendmail
2248 root     0   0  1776 1776  1340 S       0  0.0  1.3   0:00 sendmail
etc....

Any idea on what is causing this or what is going on? Is there a way to kill 
these or is it ok to have them running? I have about 15 sites on this 
server.

Hope you guys can help.

Cheers,
Nick Damoulakis


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