Can anyone tell me what Orbit is/does? When I do a "netstat -a | grep orbit" I get this...


unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 392009 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-73b6-0-786b8b009e6a7
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 392061 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-73be-0-2bc37886a2a6d
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 392090 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-73c2-0-13fd8a0a96be9
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 392111 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-73c4-0-13fd8a0ab8c03
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 392148 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-73c8-0-2f3ca9c9be1d3
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 261156 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-f81-0-3ea5786ba99d9
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 391969 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-73a3-0-4a77212e9c3d9
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 391983 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-73b2-0-5914fd5a2fb3f
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 392164 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-73c2-0-13fd8a0a96be9
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 392162 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-73c8-0-2f3ca9c9be1d3
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 392156 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-73c8-0-2f3ca9c9be1d3
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 392154 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-73b2-0-5914fd5a2fb3f
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 392151 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-73c8-0-2f3ca9c9be1d3
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 392147 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-f81-0-3ea5786ba99d9
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 392121 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-73c4-0-13fd8a0ab8c03
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 392119 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-73b2-0-5914fd5a2fb3f
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 392114 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-73c4-0-13fd8a0ab8c03
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 392110 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-f81-0-3ea5786ba99d9
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 392097 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-73c2-0-13fd8a0a96be9
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 392095 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-73b2-0-5914fd5a2fb3f
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 392093 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-73c2-0-13fd8a0a96be9
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 392089 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-f81-0-3ea5786ba99d9
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 392064 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-73be-0-2bc37886a2a6d
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 392060 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-f81-0-3ea5786ba99d9
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 392036 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-73b6-0-786b8b009e6a7
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 392030 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-73b6-0-786b8b009e6a7
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 392028 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-73b2-0-5914fd5a2fb3f
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 392012 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-73b6-0-786b8b009e6a7
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 392008 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-f81-0-3ea5786ba99d9
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 391990 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-73a3-0-4a77212e9c3d9
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 391988 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-73b2-0-5914fd5a2fb3f
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 391972 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-73a3-0-4a77212e9c3d9
unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 391968 /tmp/orbit-root/linc-f81-0-3ea5786ba99d9


This doesn't seem normal or necessary to me. Can anyone give me some information as to what this is and why I would need this many instances of it? Thanks.

You got me a little curious, so I googled for a sec and found, among other things, this and this. Could answer your questions...probably nothing in this to worry about except for you being logged in as root?

Your first link was mistyped, nvn. It should be this.

Enjoy!
--- Cerbere

Oops...seems like I have to get my cut-and-paste skills up a bit. Thanks for the correction.