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Old 06-28-2007, 07:33 AM   #1
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What is difference between /usr/sbin/ps & /usr/ucb/ps command


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Can anybody tell me what is the diff between above ps commands.

1. /usr/sbin/ps
2. /usr/ucb/ps

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Old 06-28-2007, 07:42 AM   #2
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/usr/bin/ps and /usr/ucb/ps are the same in that they are wrappers to call the platform specific ps (see /usr/bin/sparcv9/ps for example). /usr/ucb/ps should be the BSD ps /usr/sbin/ps should be the SVR4 ps. You can probably check this by examining their properties.
 
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Quoted from http://svn.joyent.com/public/acceler...to-solaris.txt
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2) Solaris's "ps" is different, but the BSD ps (which is the same for some Linux, others are
Solaris-ish) is in /usr/ucb/ps. The command that is equivalent to /usr/usb/ps -axu is "ps -aef".
 
Old 06-28-2007, 12:20 PM   #4
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Yes, ucb in /usr/ucb stands for "University of California, Berkeley", which shows the BSD roots of these commands.
 
Old 07-01-2007, 05:06 PM   #5
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Not really "platform specific"

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Originally Posted by Simon Bridge
/usr/bin/ps and /usr/ucb/ps are the same in that they are wrappers to call the platform specific ps (see /usr/bin/sparcv9/ps for example). /usr/ucb/ps should be the BSD ps /usr/sbin/ps should be the SVR4 ps. You can probably check this by examining their properties.

You can invoke either one on UlrtraSPARC platforms (at least for the Solaris 8 and 9 that I have used them on). It is dependent on the path setting for your login session (if not including full path for "ls" command) - the default Solaris path uses /usr/bin, and omits /usr/ucb since that is a holdover from the "deprecated" SunOS 4 and earlier based on BSD unix prior to Sun's changeover to a unix based on AT&T's SvR4, which they then "marketed" as Solaris 2 (think they retro-named SunOS 4.x "Solaris 1" ;-). Since that name change, which went on up to 2.6, they dropped the "major" number, and designated only by the 'minor' number: 7, 8, 9, 10 - annoying to see Solaris "2.7", "2.9" by those oblivious to that change in nomenclature ;-).

More importantly, /usr/ucb/ps with "e" (and some other options, "xe"), can reveal all environment variables' settings for a process, and is supposed to be "turned off" by recent Solaris patches for 8 and 9 (10 is "unaffected") per this alert: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docum...=1-26-102215-1) as a security measure. Some env variable settings might include passwords, database connect strings, etc depending on approach used for that Id and the process it may be running.

HTH,
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Old 07-01-2007, 06:48 PM   #6
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Re: not really "platform specific"

1. SPARC processor-based machines (sun4m) can also run either ps in Solaris 9 (I believe) on down depending on path, not just the UltraSPARC (sun4u). It does seem that Solaris 10 is only for sun4u (and something newer?). (I need to upgrade my old Sparc LX from Sol 7 before my Sol 9 CD's go bad to have it to play with, although NetBSD should run faster in 196MB - maybe a dual boot ... ;-}

2. The options for the unpatched /usr/ucb/ps that are too "revealing" are -axe (I repeated the "e", and omitted the "a").

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if you have ever wondered which executable is being run by a process (after looking at 'ps' o/p), '/usr/ucb/ps auxwww' comes to your aid. it shows you the exact command that invoked all the processes you see via 'ps'.
 
  


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