php process

I've noticed that the directadmin user was running the php process for a while
couldn't get really what it was doing,
I was wondering if it's a normal behavior ?

I guess a backup process

Could be a number of things, the best way to know which user is using the php process is to use something such as fast cgi or suPHP which will tell you the user account that the PHP process is attached to.

http://suphp.org/Home.html here

omercnet said:

I've noticed that the directadmin user was running the php process for a while

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This might be a "runaway script" which can continuously loop, dragging down the server's resources. See how much resources this script is exahusting, and kill the process if you have to. Bad and/or insecure Php scripts shouldn't be allowed on a server. They can cause damage to the server and headache to the admin.