From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 22 0:39: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from groggy.anc.ptialaska.net (groggy.anc.ptialaska.net [198.70.228.224]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F89037B423 for ; Fri, 22 Sep 2000 00:39:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from abc@localhost) by groggy.anc.ptialaska.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id HAA87773 for "freebsd-questions" ; Fri, 22 Sep 2000 07:38:47 GMT (envelope-from groggy@iname.com) Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 07:38:47 GMT From: groggy@iname.com Message-Id: <200009220738.HAA87773@groggy.anc.ptialaska.net> X-Authentication-Warning: groggy.anc.ptialaska.net: abc set sender to groggy@iname.com using -f Subject: losing controlling terminal X-Mailer: Umail v1.3 (FreeBSD) To: "freebsd-questions" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG FBSD 3.51 why is it that when you lose the controlling terminal (such as an MS client killing a TELNET window) the processes activated by that window on the FBSD server keep running - i sometimes see my HD LED light on cuz 2 process of "lynx" or somehting are eating up 50% each of my CPU time - cuz a user killed their telnet client. do i gotta monitor this stuff - or is some configuration in order? thaks - please reply off list as well, thank you. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message