From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Jan 30 20:23:51 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from cyberfrg.access.one.net (cyberfrg.access.one.net [216.23.8.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA93A14D84 for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2000 20:23:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from x11@cyberfrg.access.one.net) Received: (from x11@localhost) by cyberfrg.access.one.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA02468 for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org; Sun, 30 Jan 2000 23:33:17 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from x11) Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 23:33:16 -0500 From: Mark Shirley To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Q] ps -a Message-ID: <20000130233316.E350@cyberfrg.access.one.net> Reply-To: mark@entropynet.com References: <3894FA66.D5892911@attglobal.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <3894FA66.D5892911@attglobal.net>; from youlgok@attglobal.net on Sun, Jan 30, 2000 at 09:58:49PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org i suggest a "man getty" to fully understand this. they are processes for a program that waits for someone to login to the tty*'s On Sun, Jan 30, 2000 at 09:58:49PM -0500, Youlgok wrote: > To Whom It May Concern: > > This is newbie question. What do these processes mean? > > > ps -a > > 403 v1 Is+ 0:00.11 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv1 > 404 v2 Is+ 0:00.10 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv2 > 405 v3 Is+ 0:00.11 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv3 > 406 v4 Is+ 0:00.10 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv4 > 407 v5 Is+ 0:00.11 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv5 > 408 v6 Is+ 0:00.10 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv6 > 409 v7 Is+ 0:00.10 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv7 > > > FreeBSD 3.3-R, and only one user logged in. > > Thanks. > > > -Paul > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message