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authorEdinaldo P. Silva <edps.mundognu@gmail.com>2015-07-22 11:52:06 +0700
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+forkstat (process fork/exec/exit monitoring tool).
+
+Forkstat is a program that logs process fork(), exec() and exit() activity.
+It is useful for monitoring system behaviour and to track down rogue processes
+that are spawning off processes and potentially abusing the system.
+
+Note that forkstat uses the Linux netlink connector to gather process activity
+and this may miss events if the system is overly busy.
+Netlink connector also requires root privilege.