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List:       openbsd-misc
Subject:    Re: Interesting ps -ax listing
From:       Otto Moerbeek <otto () drijf ! net>
Date:       2005-11-30 12:05:16
Message-ID: Pine.BSO.4.63.0511301303310.22810 () fonzo ! intra ! drijf ! net
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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

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