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Old 11-23-2005, 09:14 AM   #1
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Can I remove ghost pts thingys ;)


I'm on Fedora Core Linux - for some reason when I run the 'who' command I have a hell of a lot of processes but not when I run 'w' or 'finger' (below) it looks like there is some orphan process thing going on and looking at the finger command the processes are very old...

Any ideas?

[root@fedora root]# who
<snip>
root pts/13001 Jul 21 13:21 (172.16.84.3)
root pts/3113 Jan 21 16:04 (:0.0)
root pts/4316 Feb 16 13:40 (6.0.10.11)
root pts/5104 Mar 3 09:00 (172.16.84.3)
root pts/5838 Mar 17 11:49 (172.16.84.3)
root pts/5839 Mar 17 11:50 (172.16.84.164)
root pts/5841 Mar 17 11:52 (172.16.84.164)
root pts/6289 Mar 29 14:30 (172.16.84.3)
root pts/6342 Mar 30 11:08 (172.16.84.3)
root pts/6395 Mar 31 11:59 (172.16.84.3)
root pts/6410 Mar 31 14:34 (172.16.84.3)
root pts/6412 Mar 31 14:42 (172.16.84.3)
root pts/16864 Sep 13 10:35 (172.16.84.164)
root pts/17508 Sep 26 12:13 (10.146.52.61)
root pts/18313 Oct 11 13:47 (10.146.52.100)
root pts/9096 May 25 08:22 (172.16.84.3)
root pts/19150 Oct 27 08:35 (10.146.52.100)
root pts/19151 Oct 27 08:37 (10.146.52.100)
root pts/19153 Oct 27 08:39 (10.146.52.100)
adam pts/10122 Jun 8 12:58 (172.16.84.3)
root pts/10933 Jun 13 12:48 (172.16.84.3)
user pts/11054 Jun 15 10:05 (172.16.84.3)
user pts/11057 Jun 15 10:23 (172.16.84.3)
root pts/11135 Jun 16 12:06 (172.16.84.164)
root pts/11745 Jun 27 14:35 (172.16.84.164)
root pts/17558 Sep 27 10:28 (10.146.52.61)
<snip>

[root@fedora root]# w
15:04:30 up 379 days, 2:03, 59 users, load average: 1.00, 1.00, 1.00
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
root pts/2053 10.146.52.100 Tue14 1.00s 0.23s 0.00s w

[root@fedora root]# finger
<snip>
root root pts/115 194d Jun 23 08:54 (172.16.84.164)
root root pts/115 194d Jun 23 10:48 (172.16.84.164)
root root pts/117 194d Jun 27 09:42 (172.16.84.3)
root root pts/118 194d Jun 29 14:13 (172.16.84.164)
root root pts/125 194d Jul 12 20:40 (172.16.84.164)
root root pts/125 194d Jul 13 08:21 (172.16.84.3)
root root pts/125 194d Jul 13 14:33 (172.16.84.3)
root root pts/126 194d Jul 15 10:22 (172.16.84.3)
root root pts/126 194d Jul 15 10:36 (172.16.84.3)
root root pts/128 194d Jul 18 14:22 (172.16.84.3)
root root pts/128 194d Jul 19 11:15 (172.16.84.3)
root root pts/129 194d Jul 21 13:11 (172.16.84.3)
root root pts/130 194d Jul 21 13:21 (172.16.84.3)
root root pts/311 194d Jan 21 2005 (:0.0)
root root pts/431 194d Feb 16 2005 (6.0.10.11)
root root pts/510 194d Mar 3 2005 (172.16.84.3)
root root pts/583 194d Mar 17 2005 (172.16.84.3)
root root pts/583 194d Mar 17 2005 (172.16.84.164)
root root pts/584 194d Mar 17 2005 (172.16.84.164)
root root pts/628 194d Mar 29 2005 (172.16.84.3)
root root pts/634 194d Mar 30 2005 (172.16.84.3)
root root pts/639 194d Mar 31 2005 (172.16.84.3)
root root pts/641 194d Mar 31 2005 (172.16.84.3)
root root pts/641 194d Mar 31 2005 (172.16.84.3)
root root pts/168 194d Sep 13 10:35 (172.16.84.164)
root root pts/175 194d Sep 26 12:13 (10.146.52.61)
root root pts/183 194d Oct 11 13:47 (10.146.52.100)
root root pts/909 194d May 25 08:22 (172.16.84.3)
root root pts/191 194d Oct 27 08:35 (10.146.52.100)
root root pts/191 194d Oct 27 08:37 (10.146.52.100)
root root pts/191 194d Oct 27 08:39 (10.146.52.100)
root root pts/109 194d Jun 13 12:48 (172.16.84.3)
root root pts/111 194d Jun 16 12:06 (172.16.84.164)
root root pts/117 194d Jun 27 14:35 (172.16.84.164)
root root pts/175 194d Sep 27 10:28 (10.146.52.61)
root root pts/205 Nov 22 14:57 (10.146.52.100)
<snip>

Last edited by CaPPsiE; 11-23-2005 at 09:15 AM.
 
Old 11-28-2005, 04:51 PM   #2
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What does the command "uptime" give you? Have you tried rebooting the machine and see if these processes show back up?
 
  


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