pwgrd run-away?

[McKesson SystemCare UNI]

pwgrd seems to be run-away on several of my systems, consumming much CPU overhead. Is always associated with process bgscollet. Is this a problem, should it be killed. Should it be restarted - how is best way to restart?

[Pete Randall]

This may help:

http://forums2.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=631217



Pete

P.S. Are you guys located in Amherst?

[A. Clay Stephenson · Accepted solution]

You didn't bother to identify your version so I can't be specific. Look for and install the latest pwgrd cumulative patch and there is a patch will your symptoms.

To stop it,
/sbin/init.d/pwgr stop

To start it,
/sbin/init.d/pwgr start

You can edit /etc/rc.config.d/pwgr and turn the daemon off. UNIX boxes worked for decades before this daemon was invented and your HP-UX box will run just fine without it. The purpose of this daemon is to make passwd/group lookups faster.

[Patrick Wallek]

I turn this off on all of my boxes. I don't think pwgrd helps much unless you have a LOT (several hundred maybe) of users logging on to your system.

It is a good idea to patch it. I would just turn it off and not worry about it any more.

[McKesson SystemCare UNI]

The response from Pete Randall also gets a 10.

[Pete Randall]

Well, it's a funny looking 10, but thanks for the thought.


Pete