topic Re: Find command getting hanged while finding sshd_config files. in Operating System - HP-UX

Find command getting hanged while finding sshd_config files.

Reshma Malusare — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:56:12 GMT

Hello Experts,

I have one script and in which find is searching sshd_config files on the system.

find / -local -name sshd_config -exec ls -la {} \;

When i run the command, its getting hanged.

I chekcked files are present on the system /opt/ssh/etc/sshd_config ,/opt/ssh/newconfig/opt/ssh/etc/sshd_config, /opt/ssh/src/ssh/sshd_config.

But still why my command is getting hanged???

Re: Find command getting hanged while finding sshd_config files.

Dennis Handly — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:16:36 GMT

Is it hung or just slow? Does top(1) show it stopped or still trying to find those files?
What happens if you start from /opt/ssh?
If you expect to find a lot of files, you should change your -exec to:
-exec ll -a {} +

Re: Find command getting hanged while finding sshd_config files.

john123 — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:17:19 GMT

HI,

The command you issued may be making your system busy by checking all the filesystems and directories under root . Restrict the search to the directory or filesystem where the file resides,And -xdev option also very helpful in such situations if u want to restrict the search to the mount points.

regards
John

Re: Find command getting hanged while finding sshd_config files.

Reshma Malusare — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:12:01 GMT

Well.. we have to use this command only as its in script...

so we have to find out why system is getting hanged after this command? why command is not showing outputs though files are present.

Re: Find command getting hanged while finding sshd_config files.

Dennis Handly — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:21:53 GMT

>we have to use this command only as its in script...

Does that mean you can't improve the script?

>so we have to find out why system is getting hung after this command? why command is not showing outputs though files are present.

You need to prove it is hung. Is it trying to scan some NFS directory?
Does it work if you just start at /opt?

You can also use: find / -local
And see if that hangs.