Rhel5.10 Application sees its fd open file list growing with hundreds of defunct fd entries

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • User Socket Server would see its fd list growing into the hundreds and thousands. Eventually left as it, it would finally terminate unable to allocate any more fd's

Environment

  • RedHat Enterprise Linux
    • Discovered on RHEL5.10 2.6.18-371.1.2.el5.x86_64
    • May be possible on other releases
    • Utilizing SEOS software from CA

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