ps ax | head -1 PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND from 'man ps' TT is the controlling terminal. a ?? in the TT column means that it is not controlled by a terminal. Daemons and some background processes detach from terminals.
This is normal and to be expected for mysqld and other daemons started at boot time. M -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 27 June 2002 10:41 To: MySQL List Subject: mysql daemon [localhost:~] ll% ps ax | grep mysqld 349 ?? S 0:00.04 sh ./bin/safe_mysqld 385 ?? S 0:00.08 /usr/local/mysql-3.23.51/bin/mysqld 10102 std R+ 0:00.00 grep mysqld [localhost:~] ll% Are these "??" supposed to be there, what do they mean? Maybe this is indicative of my problem. Or maybe it means nothing. Li --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php