Webhosting : why User root is running process httpd all time

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This web hosting thread started by papiandy 0n 03 July 2009

I usually use the “top” command to see what is happening in my server … Normally everything is OK untill one week ago I start so see this process:

PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
1115 root 20 0 10768 10m 164 R 26 0.5 46:17.27 httpd

Is the number 1 on the top list using a lot of CPU and MEM (as I say before … I never have seen this command in the past)

So when I kill the process everything goes fine but only for a few minutes and then is comming back

any ideas ?

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