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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Interesting ps -ax listing
From:       Dave Feustel <dfeustel () mindspring ! com>
Date:       2005-11-30 12:49:40
Message-ID: 200511300749.41696.dfeustel () mindspring ! com
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On Wednesday 30 November 2005 07:05, Otto Moerbeek wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Dave Feustel wrote:
> > While running kde 3.4.2 on OpenBSD 3.8, upon logging out from my normal
> > user id and then logging back in with a new user id and executing ps -ax,
> > I found an instance of kde kicker running before I had invoked startkde
> > as the new user. I was not able to delete the process using kill -9, so I
> >  logged out, logged back in under the previous user name and then was
> > able to delete the kicker task using kill -9. My understanding is that
> > all user processes (eg, kde processes) are terminated when the user logs
> > out. Is that correct? Any ideas as to how the user process survived the
> > logout?
>
> If a process detaches from the terminal, it will survive. Another way
> is using nohup(1).
>
> If kde leaves processes hanging around, it looks like a bug in kde.
>
> 	-Otto

That's pretty much what I thought.
Can these calls be blocked using systrace?
 
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