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Questions tagged [process]

An instance of a running computer program.

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Identify where and how background process are started and where they comes from

First the short story: I need to migrate a server (applications, configurations and so on) and I have no clue about what is in there, no docs, people at charge just abandon and didn't leave any information so it's a kind of black box or black hole.…
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Openwith.exe in process list multiple times unknown why

I know this is related to finding a program to use in win8+. I'm trying to migrate a server application from a 2008 R1 server to win2012 R2. Is there a way I can figure out where the openwith.exe process is coming from or what it is associated with?…
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how to view all process details from ps –ef command

hi all I am using the ack.pl in my bash script to search IP's in the Linux OS only for example , and only to show the problem I will give here short example # ( ./ack.pl -Q -a -l --max-count=1 --ignore-dir=log --ignore-dir=logs --ignore-dir=lib …
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Ubuntu - Frozen Process's, what happens on a reboot

I have an Ubuntu LTE instance that underwent a security compromise (now fixed) We discovered a DDOS virus on the system which was promptly removed. We subsequently found that the process self-replicates on kill commands, even kill -9 I have the…
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How to get php-fpm details in the process list

In my process list with "top" command, I am getting a lot of php-fpm processes. Is there a possibility to get more info on that porcesses like: Who initiated the process (IP) Which class is called there etc...
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Start up a process before I log in? (linux)

I want to start up synergy on my suse box (gnome) automatically before (preferably, or after) I log in. How do I do this? I am a major Linux newbie and I tried writing the below on the last line of /etc/inittab syn:5:once:synergys --config…
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How to find what process for a particular user is accessing files on a share

Our business management system has had some hiccups here and there the past couple of weeks. It has been denied access to some of the files it uses. By digging around with Manage Open Files I have been able to determine which user(s) are accessing…
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How to find out which process created a particular file?

I know that you can use lsof (in Linux at least) to check which process has got a particular file opened currently, but is there anyway to find out which process created a particular file originally? Or even which process wrote/modified a particular…
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Restarting shell script with &disown using Monit

I have a shell script that runs a C++ backend mail system (PluginHandler). I need to monitor this process in Monit and restart it if it fails. The script: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib/:/CONFIDENTAL/CONFIDENTAL/Common/ cd…
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Changing process priority in linux for jvm process

Is it fine if I change the JVM process priority through nice at server machine [linux]. I wanted my JVM process to use maximum resources from OS. What is the standard practice? Do people tune the linux OS specifically for a process to get maximum…
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vnstat service not showing status

When I run service vnstat status No result is returned. Usually one of the following three results would come up. But I got nothing when checking the service status. vnstat (pid 94330) is running... vnstat is stopped vnstat: unrecognized…
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Periodically SSH process hangs on AIX

On one of our AIX servers, the following ssh process hangs sometimes: Server1# ssh -i /rsync-key Server2 "rm file" & It is a string of script in the crontab. This problem is not always reproduced. Here is an example: Server1 # ps aux | head…
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Apache Causing High Load on Server

Whenever Apache kills child process to create new ones after the MaxRequestPerChild is satisfied, I see Defunct Apache processes in the ps output. There defunct processes clear by themselves in a short while. However, there is temporary sharp hike…
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What might cause HD spin-up under Ubuntu?

I'm pretty new to Linux, so bear with me. On my 2.6.28-13-server #45-Ubuntu SMP, I am using hdparm -W1 -S120 /dev/sda to spindown the HD after 10 minutes. But every one or two hours or so, it spins up again for no apparent reason. I suspected…
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Unix processes wasn't killed but is not running

I have a system where some custom software is running, and then may receive a SIGHUP. As a result of the SIGHUP, the process does some cleanup and terminates, but it doesn't terminate its long running child processes. After the system was running…
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