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Q: Why do all these ruby processes do on my server

The server comes to a grinding halt as all these ruby process keep running.

sudo ps aux -www | grep ruby

root            25009  39.9  0.2  2475568   6576   ??  R    Tue01PM 4669:34.57 /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/bin/ruby /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/libexec/webdavsharing/webdavsh aring_mapper

root              320  39.9  0.2  2476592   6920   ??  R    Fri05PM 1636:33.07 /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/bin/ruby /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/libexec/webdavsharing/webdavsh aring_mapper

root            85680  39.9  0.2  2475568   6816   ??  R    Fri10AM 1793:35.65 /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/bin/ruby /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/libexec/webdavsharing/webdavsh aring_mapper

root            49683  39.9  0.2  2475568   6724   ??  R    Thu07PM 2234:13.58 /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/bin/ruby /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/libexec/webdavsharing/webdavsh aring_mapper

root            18099  38.8  0.2  2476592   6548   ??  R    20Sep16 4851:15.08 /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/bin/ruby /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/libexec/webdavsharing/webdavsh aring_mapper

root            51168  38.5  0.2  2475568   6512   ??  R    Wed01AM 3979:28.51 /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/bin/ruby /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/libexec/webdavsharing/webdavsh aring_mapper

root            31847  38.0  0.2  2476592   6512   ??  R    Tue04PM 4489:47.25 /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/bin/ruby /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/libexec/webdavsharing/webdavsh aring_mapper

root            38158  37.9  0.2  2475568   6580   ??  R    Tue07PM 4322:47.93 /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/bin/ruby /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/libexec/webdavsharing/webdavsh aring_mapper

root            20697  36.9  0.2  2475568   6504   ??  R    Thu07AM 2627:04.60 /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/bin/ruby /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/libexec/webdavsharing/webdavsh aring_mapper

root             7639  36.9  0.2  2476592   6516   ??  R    Thu01AM 2862:05.20 /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/bin/ruby /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/libexec/webdavsharing/webdavsh aring_mapper

ladmin2         60178   0.8  0.0  2432772    652 s000  S+   11:49AM   0:00.00 grep ruby

_teamsserver    53691   0.0  1.1  2488716  45544   ??  Ss    9:03AM   0:01.66 /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/bin/ruby notifications.rb

I can kill them with

sudo kill -9 60178

But they come back the next weeks.

 

We use the server for mail and file sharing (incl. TM), software updates. 

 

Does anyone has some insight why this happens?

Posted on Sep 27, 2016 12:00 PM