question re output of "top"
When I run top under the user heading I get a few processes owned by root, and mark, but also one each by rpc and rpcuser.
Is this normal or should I be concerned? "man rpc" told me about rpc but not whether it should show up as a user in "top" Thanks, mark |
Processes liek this are often run as their own users - the apache web server usually runs as the user "apache" or the user "nobody". This helps ensure system security - if the services were all run as root and one was compromised due to a security flaw the whole system could be left open. Having processes run as their own users makes the system much more secure.
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Thank you david_ross for the (super-quick!) reply :)
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