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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.
+Forkstat monitors process fork(), exec() and exit() activity.
+It is useful for monitoring system behaviour and to track down r ogue
+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.
+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.