In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Floris Bruynooghe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I had a computer (old PC) running at my student house over the holidays >and was using it (as I am now) to ssh into and do my normal work etc. >Just by accident I discovered the `who -d' command and saw I had a >couple of 100 processes listed that way. Also they where using up my >pty's. Coz I was scared of running out of pty's I rebooted the system >since then. But I get again lots of dead processes.
Are you sure those dead processes actually exist .. who -d doesn't list dead processes. who -d lists empty slots in the /var/run/utmp file. Mike. -- "In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
