Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:09:07 -0400 From: Payne <payne@magidesign.com> To: John Almberg <jalmberg@identry.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why the extra shells? Message-ID: <48B9FD43.1070508@magidesign.com> In-Reply-To: <2E311D07-5DC9-43FF-9EEF-C56B620A632B@identry.com> References: <2E311D07-5DC9-43FF-9EEF-C56B620A632B@identry.com>
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John, I have seen that when a script is running and it uses the bash shell. I have see that too where you close a ssh session too soon like you stated. Hope that helps. Payne John Almberg wrote: > I just noticed something odd... > > When I type ps, I get the following: > > [on:~]> ps > PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND > 30350 p0 Ss 0:00.03 -bash (bash) > 30761 p0 R+ 0:00.00 ps > 99069 p1 Is+ 0:00.01 /usr/local/bin/bash > 79966 p3 Is 0:00.01 /usr/local/bin/bash > 27050 p4 Is+ 0:00.01 /usr/local/bin/bash > 45342 p5 Is+ 0:00.01 /usr/local/bin/bash > 20302 p6 Is 0:00.02 /usr/local/bin/bash > 73354 p7 Is+ 0:00.01 /usr/local/bin/bash > 94357 p8 Is+ 0:00.14 /usr/local/bin/bash > 82034 p9 Is+ 0:00.02 /usr/local/bin/bash > 82825 pa Is+ 0:00.02 /usr/local/bin/bash > 63521 pb Is+ 0:00.07 /usr/local/bin/bash > 75330 pc Is+ 0:00.06 /usr/local/bin/bash > 81504 pd Is+ 0:00.01 /usr/local/bin/bash > 95482 pe Is+ 0:00.01 /usr/local/bin/bash > 21072 pf Is+ 0:00.12 /usr/local/bin/bash > 96897 pg Is+ 0:00.07 /usr/local/bin/bash > 50522 ph Is+ 0:00.02 /usr/local/bin/bash > 98404 pi Is+ 0:00.03 /usr/local/bin/bash > > I'm wondering why I have all these shells running? Could it be because > I close my SSH terminal without exiting, thus leaving bash in some > sort of suspended state? > > This is a pure server box, with Apache, tinydns, and Qmail being the > main processes. > > Can I just kill them off? There is no one logged into this server > besides me, and never will be. A 'who' confirms that I am the only one > logged in. > > Any hints, much appreciated. > > -- John > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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