On Fri, 2004-07-09 at 14:41, Michael Sullivan wrote: > When I issue a "ps -ef | grep httpd" I get: > > [root@bullet root]# ps -ef | grep httpd > root 1938 1 0 13:06 ? 00:00:03 /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 2063 1938 0 13:06 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 2064 1938 0 13:06 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 2065 1938 0 13:06 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 2066 1938 0 13:06 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 2067 1938 0 13:06 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 2068 1938 0 13:06 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 2069 1938 0 13:06 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 2070 1938 0 13:06 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd > root 2419 2367 0 13:36 pts/1 00:00:00 grep httpd > > How do I fix this? I've tried doing "su apache", but it tells me that > the account is not available.... Nothing to fix. This is what you want to see. The first entry is the initial process that kicks off the child process which listen on the ports. The last process listed is YOU running the grep command so that is fine. the ones in between are run as the apache user which is correct. root 825 1 0 14:34 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd nobody 838 825 0 14:34 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd nobody 839 825 0 14:34 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd nobody 840 825 0 14:34 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd nobody 841 825 0 14:34 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd nobody 842 825 0 14:34 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd scot 1279 1254 0 14:51 pts/0 00:00:00 grep httpd Above is what I see on my box. This is a RH8.0 box which happens to use nobody as the user that runs the apache service. (I happen to be running the 2.0.49 version built from source). So your system is fine. -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx The American Dental Association announced today that most plaque tends to form on teeth around 4:00 PM in the afternoon. Film at 11:00.
