Phil Asked: 2013-06-04 03:00:11 +0800 CST2013-06-04 03:00:11 +0800 CST 2013-06-04 03:00:11 +0800 CST How do I know if the Linux server killed my process and which process it killed? 772 It seems my server killed a process due to it using too much RAM. Is this possible? If it can happen, how can I know when and what process it killed? linux 1 Answers Voted Best Answer user9517 2013-06-04T03:06:39+08:002013-06-04T03:06:39+08:00 It's quite possibly OOM killer, killed your process. You may be able to find out what when etc by looking in the logs. egrep -i 'killed process' /var/log/messages The actual log file varies by distribution so it could also be /var/log/syslog or even egrep -i -r 'killed process' /var/log
It's quite possibly OOM killer, killed your process. You may be able to find out what when etc by looking in the logs.
The actual log file varies by distribution so it could also be
/var/log/syslogor even