Yup, it's normal. Those are just the processes waiting for logins on your
console's virtual terminals (ALT-F1 through ALT-F6).
- Aaron Schultz
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On Mon, 6 Mar 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The following lines show up on a ps -eaf | more
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> root 218 1 0 11:38 tty2 00:00:00 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux
> root 219 1 0 11:38 tty3 00:00:00 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux
> root 220 1 0 11:38 tty4 00:00:00 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux
> root 221 1 0 11:38 tty5 00:00:00 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux
> root 222 1 0 11:38 tty6 00:00:00 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux
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> Is this normal? I -think- this is just place-holder, but I don't really know what is
>going on here or if it is a good thing or a bad thing. Any information would be
>appreciated! Root is not logged in at the time of this ps.
>
> Thank you!
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