From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 30 20:15:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA20399 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 30 Jul 1998 20:15:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA20390 for ; Thu, 30 Jul 1998 20:15:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id MAA01307; Fri, 31 Jul 1998 12:45:06 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id MAA10012; Fri, 31 Jul 1998 12:45:05 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980731124505.M7830@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 12:45:05 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Brandon Stewart , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rampant processes spontaneously producing themselves References: <35C0F35B.4D7628E9@vt.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <35C0F35B.4D7628E9@vt.edu>; from Brandon Stewart on Thu, Jul 30, 1998 at 10:27:39PM +0000 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thursday, 30 July 1998 at 22:27:39 +0000, Brandon Stewart wrote: > the problem is obvious, any suggestions? > > > -thanks > >> ps > PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND > 6181 p0 Ss 0:00.76 -csh (tcsh) > 6747 p0 R+ 0:00.01 ps > 6128 v0 IWs 0:00.00 (tcsh) > 6156 v0 IW+ 0:00.00 (sh) > 6161 v0 IW+ 0:00.00 (xinit) > 6165 v0 IW 0:00.00 (sh) > 6166 v0 S 0:05.20 afterstep -s > 6175 v0 S 0:20.49 /usr/local/lib/netscape/communicator-4.05.bin > 6176 v0 I 0:00.12 (dns helper) (communicator-4.0) > 6180 v0 S 0:02.41 xterm > 6285 v0 S 0:00.04 /usr/local/bin/Animate 7 4 > /usr/local/share/afterstep/base.16bpp 0 8 > 6286 v0 S 0:00.13 /usr/local/bin/Wharf 9 4 > /usr/local/share/afterstep/base.16bpp 0 8 > 6288 v0 S 0:00.22 /usr/local/bin/Pager 11 4 > /usr/local/share/afterstep/base.16bpp 0 8 0 3 > 6289 v0 S 0:05.13 asclock -shape -24 > 6290 v0 Z 0:00.00 (sh) > 6291 v0 S 0:00.25 /usr/local/bin/Pager 13 4 > /usr/local/share/afterstep/base.16bpp 0 8 0 1 > 6292 v0 S 0:00.12 /usr/local/bin/WinList 15 4 > /usr/local/share/afterstep/base.16bpp 0 8 > 6294 v0 S 0:00.21 unclutter -idle 1 -jitter 1 -root > 6295 v0 Z 0:00.00 (sh) > 6296 v0 Z 0:00.00 (sh) > 6297 v0 Z 0:00.00 (sh) > (etc) What does ps ltv0 tell you? In particular, look at the PPID (parent's PID) column. Who is starting these shells? Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message