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From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com>
To: 'Kent Stewart' <kstewart@3-cities.com>
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Subject: RE: strange ps output for su
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 03:03:12 -0400
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Kent Stewart [SMTP:kstewart@3-cities.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, May 20, 1999 9:29 PM
> To:	Christopher J. Michaels
> Cc:	FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)
> Subject:	Re: strange ps output for su
> 
> "Christopher J. Michaels" wrote:
> > 
> > Ok, I give up... I have no idea what this means...
> > 
> > 9:09pm [root@cartman] /usr/local/etc -> ps auxw | grep su
> > root     19247  0.0  1.4   592  888  p0  RV   31Dec69    0:00.00 -su
> (tcsh)
> > root     19200  0.0  1.4   592  888  p0  D     9:05PM    0:00.16 -su
> (tcsh)
> > 
> > each time I execute this commant the above su's PID increments to the
> next
> > available PID, so it appears to be a transient thing.  But what IS it?
> and
> > it's been running since December 31st, 1969??? ;^)
> 
> Did you have a bad date setting at some point where time=0 or 31Dec69.
> 
	Not to my knowledge... 

	Actually I logged in later and it was showing a correct time, so now
I'm confused even more as to why this is happening sometimes and not others.

	Oh well, one of those mysteries of the unknown.

	-Chris

> Kent
> 
> > 
> > This is probably my ignorance showing through, but it's just confusing
> as
> > all heck to me.  Can anyone explain this?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Chris
> 
> -- 
> Kent Stewart
> Richland, WA


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