I hope someone can help me... Every day, when I log into my server and run "top", I see that there are 3 instances of up2date running, which are effectively using up all CPU time. I have been able to manually kill each of them without any apparent problems, but figuring out why this happens is the challenge.
Perhaps someone can explain to me the relationship between cPanel and up2date? I know there is a cron job set up that runs /scripts/upcp, which in turn runs up2date. I'm running Redhat Enterprise 3, and I was concerned about the recent mod_ssl exploit that was reported. When I run up2date by itself, I see that certain packages (such as kernel, httpd, php, etc) are excluded from being updated. The mod_ssl fix says it requires some of these excluded packages. If I clear the exclusion list in up2date and run again, it fails. If I let /scripts/upcp run, it *re-inserts* those packages into the exclude list.
How am I supposed to install the mod_ssl fix? Please help...
Also, is there a known problem with up2date stalling and eating CPU time? How do I troubleshoot and fix this? Thank you.