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Old 09-28-2007, 02:02 PM
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i getting this error message "-bash: /bin/ps: Cannot allocate memory"
when trying to run ps command i am running Centos 4,
when i am trying to log in server using su -, it doesn;t accpt passwd.
i tried to enter from single user mode for passwd reset and run the passwd command the again the same error message "-bash: /bin/ps: Cannot allocate memory"

Pl. help me.

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Reboot the box. There are tons of cause of such errors:
a) Disk error
b) Out of memory
c) Server hacked etc
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