>
> On my system, killing off my httpd put an end to the activity.
> (sendmail still wakes up every minute or so, but I know about that one).
>
> Kinda weird about the httpd.. no network connection active, so no http
> activity, but the danged thing still wakes up and accesses the drive.
>
find out the process number of httpd, and type "strace -p <number>" to
see what it does ...
-- mingo