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Date:      Fri, 31 Jul 1998 12:45:05 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Brandon Stewart <rostewa2@vt.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: rampant processes spontaneously producing themselves
Message-ID:  <19980731124505.M7830@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <35C0F35B.4D7628E9@vt.edu>; from Brandon Stewart on Thu, Jul 30, 1998 at 10:27:39PM %2B0000
References:  <35C0F35B.4D7628E9@vt.edu>

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On Thursday, 30 July 1998 at 22:27:39 +0000, Brandon Stewart wrote:
> the problem is obvious, any suggestions?
>
>
> -thanks
>
>> ps
>   PID  TT  STAT      TIME COMMAND
>  6181  p0  Ss     0:00.76 -csh (tcsh)
>  6747  p0  R+     0:00.01 ps
>  6128  v0  IWs    0:00.00 (tcsh)
>  6156  v0  IW+    0:00.00 (sh)
>  6161  v0  IW+    0:00.00 (xinit)
>  6165  v0  IW     0:00.00 (sh)
>  6166  v0  S      0:05.20 afterstep -s
>  6175  v0  S      0:20.49 /usr/local/lib/netscape/communicator-4.05.bin
>  6176  v0  I      0:00.12 (dns helper) (communicator-4.0)
>  6180  v0  S      0:02.41 xterm
>  6285  v0  S      0:00.04 /usr/local/bin/Animate 7 4
> /usr/local/share/afterstep/base.16bpp 0 8
>  6286  v0  S      0:00.13 /usr/local/bin/Wharf 9 4
> /usr/local/share/afterstep/base.16bpp 0 8
>  6288  v0  S      0:00.22 /usr/local/bin/Pager 11 4
> /usr/local/share/afterstep/base.16bpp 0 8 0 3
>  6289  v0  S      0:05.13 asclock -shape -24
>  6290  v0  Z      0:00.00  (sh)
>  6291  v0  S      0:00.25 /usr/local/bin/Pager 13 4
> /usr/local/share/afterstep/base.16bpp 0 8 0 1
>  6292  v0  S      0:00.12 /usr/local/bin/WinList 15 4
> /usr/local/share/afterstep/base.16bpp 0 8
>  6294  v0  S      0:00.21 unclutter -idle 1 -jitter 1 -root
>  6295  v0  Z      0:00.00  (sh)
>  6296  v0  Z      0:00.00  (sh)
>  6297  v0  Z      0:00.00  (sh)
> (etc)

What does ps ltv0 tell you?  In particular, look at the PPID (parent's
PID) column.  Who is starting these shells?

Greg
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