Every new request to a web app will cause a Semaphore to be created... the problem is that it does not release the created semaphore. I have tried just about every combination of option suggested and none kills the semephore created.

This is how I resolved the issue.

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OSSEC is an Open Source Host-based Intrusion Detection System. It performs log analysis, file integrity checking, policy monitoring, rootkit detection, real-time alerting and active response.

These instructions will download the ossec archive, unzip it, install/update the app, and then remove the files...