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Paranoid question about a process.

After running " ps -ef " I get the following ( partial list ) of running processes

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root      2942  2847  0 09:50 ?        00:00:00 hald-addon-acpi

root      3105    1  0 09:50 ?        00:00:00 /opt/kde3/bin/kdm

mdnsd    3177    1  0 09:50 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/mdnsd -f /etc/nss_mdns

nobody    3206    1  0 09:50 ?        00:00:00 /sbin/portmap

root      3214  3105  1 09:50 tty7    00:00:03 /usr/X11R6/bin/X -br -nolisten t

root      3226  3105  0 09:50 ?        00:00:00 -:0

root      3262    1  0 09:50 ?        00:00:00 /sbin/auditd

root      3266    5  0 09:50 ?        00:00:00 [kauditd]

can someone tell me what " -:0 " is please

thanks in advance
Jon

Never seen (or searched) on my own system, but doesn't :0 refer to the 0th (i.e. "first started") graphical tty, the X screen you're running? Just maybe this has something to do with the X running there too :)

lol ok I can put the cricket bat down now :eek: :o
thanks for the reply