Technical Tip: pyfcgid (python config daemon) entry in FortiGate crash log

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Description

This article will explain the pyfcgid entry in the FortiGate crash log. If the following logs in the FortiGate crash log are noticed:

324: 2021-02-25 08:44:03 the killed daemon is /bin/pyfcgid: status=0x0

Scope

FortiGate.

Solution

The pyfcgid refers to a python script which is usually generated when the GUI times out.

324: 2021-02-25 08:44:03 the killed daemon is /bin/pyfcgid: status=0x0

Refer to the 'cleaning' of this script, which is killed/restarted by the FortiGate.

/bin/pyfcgid: status=0x0 <-----Means that this process will be terminated and deleted so that the kernel can give space for other processes in terms of resource allocation. 

In other words, status=0x0 is a normal process shutdown due to a job done without abnormality. Thus, if these messages are visible in the crash log, there is nothing to worry about.