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From: walt <w41ter@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: runlevels and service list
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:38:26
Message-Id: 1253543851.8807.5.camel@k9.localnet
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: runlevels and service list by Dale
1 On Sun, 2009-09-20 at 16:51 -0500, Dale wrote:
2 > Alan McKinnon wrote:
3 > > On Sunday 20 September 2009 22:06:44 Dale wrote:
4 > >
5 > >> Neil Bothwick wrote:
6 > >>
7 > >>> On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:51:17 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
8 > >>>
9 > >>>> /bin/bash is also shown in htop even though bash isn't in any runlevel
10 > >>>> either ;)
11 > >>>>
12 > >>> Not here.
13 > >>>
14 > >> This is all I get for bash:
15 > >>
16 > >> root@smoker / # ps aux | grep bash
17 > >> dale 7254 0.0 0.0 3044 572 ? S Sep19 0:00
18 > >> /bin/bash /usr/libexec/mozilla-launcher
19 > >> root 7704 0.0 0.0 1888 516 pts/0 S+ 15:01 0:00 grep
20 > >> --colour=auto bash
21 > >> root@smoker / #
22 > >>
23 > >> I guess Seamonkey uses it for something. That is also all that shows up
24 > >> in htop as well. Nothing else bash that I can find.
25 > >>
26 > >
27 > > The mozilla launcher scripts spawn an instance of bash which then goes looking
28 > > for the mozilla binaries and launches them. All perfectly normal.
29 > >
30 > > The reason you don't see bash in ps is because you are not running bash. I do,
31 > > but you obviously don't. What shell does root use per /etc/passwd?
32 > >
33 > This one:
34 >
35 > root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
36 >
37 > Looks like bash. ;-) I assume this is the default because I have never
38 > changed this file. Is there something screwy with my system?
39
40 Beginning to look that way. I tried using konsole this morning and here
41 is what I got:
42
43 17423 pts/3 Sl 0:00 konsole
44 18951 pts/4 Ss 0:00 \_ /bin/bash
45 2704 pts/4 R+ 0:00 \_ ps axf
46
47 I have no idea why you don't get the same result.