[3.3.x] Support Forum • forum going crazy with process forks

Hi,
I recently got hit with some malware inserted into various php files on my server. They appear to be all cleaned up, but I can't seem to get my forum back up. (phpbb3.3.11) I tried to do a clean install, but as soon as I put my config.php file in place, the forum comes up, but works really slowly. And in my shell on the server, every command (even 'ls') results in:
"fork: retry: No child processes
fork: retry: No child processes
fork: retry: No child processes
fork: retry: No child processes
fork: Resource temporarily unavailable"

Mostly unhelpful hosting support told me the forum is spawning processes that clog the server, and that's why it can't fork anymore.

deleting config.php makes that go away, but obviously then the forum is gone.

I'm not even using any of my old styles or extensions and it still happens. (at first, I followed the upgrade guide:
https://www.phpbb.com/support/docs/en/3 ... date_full/ but then I tried just putting the config.php file only in, and it immediately starts the issue)

Any idea how to get my forum back?

Statistics: Posted by gonzoron — Fri May 03, 2024 4:51 pm

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