At 01:28 PM 1/6/00 -0700, John Starkey wrote: >I've been using ps ax and have a couple questions. > >The first number-- the "PID". Is that the port #? No. It's the Process ID >How are these assigned? Sequentially, more or less, by the kernel. >And there is an entry right now that I don't remember seeing: > >676 ? S 0:00 in.identd -e -o > >It is in there 11 times. From 676 to 686. > You don't ask a question, so I don't kow what you want to know. in.identd is an inetd-intermediated service that provides some identifying information about the system in response to queries. For more info on identd, try "man identd". As for why there are 11 suspended (that's what the S means) in.identd processes ... that's hard to say without knowing what the system is doing. ------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"--- Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------
