From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Dec 1 06:08:10 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id GAA09868 for chat-outgoing; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 06:08:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.cs.tu-berlin.de (root@mail.cs.tu-berlin.de [130.149.17.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id GAA09852 for ; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 06:08:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de) Received: from panke.panke.de (anonymous215.ppp.cs.tu-berlin.de [130.149.17.215]) by mail.cs.tu-berlin.de (8.8.6/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA28267; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 14:27:30 +0100 (MET) Received: (from wosch@localhost) by panke.panke.de (8.8.5/8.6.12) id OAA00568; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 14:23:04 +0100 (MET) To: dg@root.com Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftp server on ftp.cdrom.com References: <199712010502.VAA01029@implode.root.com> From: Wolfram Schneider Date: 01 Dec 1997 14:23:03 +0100 In-Reply-To: David Greenman's message of Sun, 30 Nov 1997 21:02:40 -0800 Message-ID: Lines: 12 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org David Greenman writes: > >When you think about it, 2750 users, each with a distinct forked process > >(I assume), that is really stunning. I've known about the wcarchive > >machine for a while, but somehow I never really dwelled on the magnitude > >of the task. > > Yes, "ps" on wcarchive is highly discouraged. :-) Does killall(1) and top(1) still works? -- Wolfram Schneider http://www.apfel.de/~wosch/