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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: runlevels and service list
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:51:27
Message-Id: 4AB6A3DA.1080506@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: runlevels and service list by Alan McKinnon
1 Alan McKinnon wrote:
2 > On Sunday 20 September 2009 22:06:44 Dale wrote:
3 >
4 >> Neil Bothwick wrote:
5 >>
6 >>> On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:51:17 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
7 >>>
8 >>>> /bin/bash is also shown in htop even though bash isn't in any runlevel
9 >>>> either ;)
10 >>>>
11 >>> Not here.
12 >>>
13 >> This is all I get for bash:
14 >>
15 >> root@smoker / # ps aux | grep bash
16 >> dale 7254 0.0 0.0 3044 572 ? S Sep19 0:00
17 >> /bin/bash /usr/libexec/mozilla-launcher
18 >> root 7704 0.0 0.0 1888 516 pts/0 S+ 15:01 0:00 grep
19 >> --colour=auto bash
20 >> root@smoker / #
21 >>
22 >> I guess Seamonkey uses it for something. That is also all that shows up
23 >> in htop as well. Nothing else bash that I can find.
24 >>
25 >
26 > The mozilla launcher scripts spawn an instance of bash which then goes looking
27 > for the mozilla binaries and launches them. All perfectly normal.
28 >
29 > The reason you don't see bash in ps is because you are not running bash. I do,
30 > but you obviously don't. What shell does root use per /etc/passwd?
31 >
32 This one:
33
34 root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
35
36 Looks like bash. ;-) I assume this is the default because I have never
37 changed this file. Is there something screwy with my system?
38
39 Dale
40
41 :-) :-)

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[gentoo-user] Re: runlevels and service list walt <w41ter@×××××.com>
[gentoo-user] Re: Re: runlevels and service list walt <w41ter@×××××.com>