Odd quirks after updating to 5.2...

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Ever since I updated one of our other boxes from 5.1 to 5.2, I have been 
having issues with the periodic processes not finishing up properly, 
which after a week or so fills up all the permitted forked processes, 
and then causes FreeBSD to deprive itself of resources.

I also have seen the system freeze at least once during a make 
installworld, perhaps it fall under this?

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2004-January/031656.html

(heavy I/O causing freeze)

The box is a Dell PowerEdge 1650, and has run 5.x flawlessly beforehand 
for over a year. (this isn't the same box that handles part of 
ftp.freebsd.org)   And none of our other boxes that we have migrated to 
5.2 have shown this problem.

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root    12875  0.0  0.1   908  636  ??  Is    3:01AM   0:00.00 /bin/sh -c 
periodic daily
root    12876  0.0  0.1   924  652  ??  I     3:01AM   0:00.01 /bin/sh 
- - /usr/sbin/periodic daily
root    12883  0.0  0.1   948  660  ??  I     3:01AM   0:00.03 /bin/sh 
- - /usr/sbin/periodic daily
root    12884  0.0  0.1   924  652  ??  I     3:01AM   0:00.00 /bin/sh 
- - /usr/sbin/periodic daily
root    12976  0.0  0.1   916  644  ??  I     3:01AM   
0:00.00 /bin/sh /etc/periodic/daily/450.status-security
root    12977  0.0  0.1   924  652  ??  I     3:01AM   0:00.01 /bin/sh 
- - /usr/sbin/periodic security
root    12983  0.0  0.1   948  660  ??  I     3:01AM   0:00.00 /bin/sh 
- - /usr/sbin/periodic security
root    12984  0.0  0.1   924  652  ??  I     3:01AM   0:00.00 /bin/sh 
- - /usr/sbin/periodic security
root    12986  0.0  0.1   924  652  ??  I     3:01AM   0:00.01 /bin/sh 
- - /etc/periodic/security/100.chksetuid
root    12992  0.0  0.1   924  652  ??  I     3:01AM   0:00.00 /bin/sh 
- - /etc/periodic/security/100.chksetuid
root    12997  0.0  0.1   924  652  ??  I     3:01AM   0:00.00 /bin/sh 
- - /etc/periodic/security/100.chksetuid
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Best Wishes - Peter
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