Help with ps command

Zeno McDohl · 05-31-2007, 08:24 AM

I'm trying to do this: ps -x -u username

But it gives me the error ERROR: Must set personality to get -x option. and I have no idea what the means. I see nothing about that in the man page.

Emerson · 05-31-2007, 08:50 AM

There is no -x in the man page, use x instead.

Zeno McDohl · 05-31-2007, 08:54 AM

Strange, ps -x -u works. Yet there isn't a -x option?

ps x -u username doesn't seem to be showing me processes by that specified user though...

bigrigdriver · 05-31-2007, 09:03 AM

ps doesn't like that syntax. If you want to see specifics about processes run by the logged in user, as simple 'ps -x' will do it. To get info for another user, use 'ps -U <username> -u <username> u'.

Zeno McDohl, to find the reference to Personality in the man page, you have to scrool almost to the end. Personality is a ps environment variable.

Emerson · 05-31-2007, 09:04 AM

ps x -u username shows you processes specified with x AND -u username.

Zeno McDohl · 05-31-2007, 09:07 AM

I want to see all processes by another user that have no controlling tty (IE, all processes under that user). ps -u username does not do that.

jay73 · 05-31-2007, 10:11 AM

--User=username?

Emerson · 05-31-2007, 10:52 AM

ps -u username | grep -v tty

custangro · 05-31-2007, 12:16 PM

What about...

Code:

ps aux | grep <username>

Havent tried that...so Im not sure if it works...

-custangro

EDIT: <username> is where you input the username....