UID        PID  PPID  C STIME TTY          TIME CMD
joeuser   31023     1  0 15:29 ?        00:00:00 -sh
joeuser   23174     1  0 16:56 ?        00:00:00 -sh
joeuser   32042 31023  0 16:57 ?        00:00:00 run MS/MS.START
joeuser   32092 23174  0 16:57 ?        00:00:00 sh /bin/GO
joeuser   32192 32092  0 16:57 ?        00:00:00 sh /bin/GO

This is an example of some of the procs that are left after a logout.
i noticed the the -sh procs have moved to init as there parent process??
is there a configureation for init to clean upthese procs or is it likly
something
in the scripts that are holding them open???

Bill Warner

On 16 Feb 2001 13:31:35 -0500, Deepak Saxena wrote:
> > What in a program can cause it not to die when your session is over? and
> > what can i do to help clean these up rather than just haveing greping
> > them out
> > of a ps and killing them?
> 
> If a program doesn't die when the session is over, it generally means 
> that it's somehow still atached to a tty or something of that sort.
> 
> ~Deepak
> 
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