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ps -ef
ps show the processes
-ef - e shows every process
f for full output |
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| ps -ef what does the heading C mean |
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| ps -ef what does the heading CMD mean? |
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| find the process ID of smbd |
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| list all the process for the user root |
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| list all the process for user1 |
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| list all of the processes for group2 |
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| in GNOME, what program can you use to view processes |
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system monitor
gnome-system-monitor (command)
Administrator -> system monitor (menu) |
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| In KDE, what program can you use to view processes |
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The book says kpm,
Fedora KDE uses system monitor |
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| a zombie process is listed in the process table, but takes no resources. It is just retained until the parent process permits it to die |
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| what are the five process states |
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| running, sleeping, waiting, stopped, and zombie |
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| what is a waiting state, how is it different from a sleeping state |
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| a waiting state is just waiting for its turn to run. A sleeping state is waiting for user input or waiting on another process |
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| the process is halted, won't run unless it is sent a signal to do so. |
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| nice values, what are their numbers |
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| -20(highest priority) through +19(lowest priority) |
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| what determines the process priority |
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| the nice value is assigned when the process initiates. A lower number means a higher priority |
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| ps -l (long), shows the nice value in the column titled NI |
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| start system-config-users with a nice value of -2 |
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| nice -2 system-config-users |
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| start system-config-users with a nice value of +10 |
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nice system-config-users
(with no options the default value is 10) |
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| list all the signals that you can send to a process |
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| kill signal number 1 is SIGHUP, what does that do? |
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| hang-up signal, drops a phone or terminal connection, also forces a running daemon to re-read its configuration file |
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| signal number 2 sigint, what is it? |
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| Interrupt signal, usually sent by a ^c (ctrl+c) from the keyboard |
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| Kills a process abruptly by force |
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| sends a process a soft termination signal. This is the kill default signal |
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| kill the process with PID 3067 |
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| soft terminate cupsd (PID 4417) |
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kill 4417
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kill -15 4417
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kill -s 15 4417
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kill -SIGTERM 4417 |
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| soft terminate cupsd by name |
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pkill cupsd
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pkill -15 cupsd
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pkill -SIGTERM cupsd |
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| kill all the processes matching the cupsd criteria |
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| forcefully kill cupsd by name |
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| how do you keep a process from running even if the terminal session is canceled. A large file copy for example |
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use nohup to cp a /opt/data1 to opt/data2
use the archive option too. |
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| nohup cp -av /opt/data1 /opt/data2 |
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