> I have a lot of these processes on my system: > > $ ps aux <snip> > How do I determine what process started them?
I *think* you can add a 't' to your 'ps' command and it will put your processes in a 'tree'. It will show the 'parent' process and any processes that it starts below it. Check either 'ps --help' or 'man ps' to be sure... Hall
