Automatically kill run-away processes?

From: Jacob S (stormspotter_at_6Texans.net)
Date: 04/15/05

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    Hello,

    We have a server with a couple hundred clients on it. Normally it runs
    great, with a load of 0.6 - 1.6, but occasionally someone runs a large
    script or sends a lot of e-mails and makes the load go through the roof.

    I know the Linux kernel has the "oom-killer" that will start killing
    processes when it runs out of ram. Is there an equivalent for FreeBSD?

    Also, is there any way I can add extra accounting details in the
    logfiles? Such as, perhaps which script Apache ran that sent the
    e-mails, etc? I know it may not be that straight forward, but if anybody
    else has tricks for doing something similar to this, I would appreciate
    it if they could share them with us.

    TIA,
    Jacob
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