On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 08:43 +0000, Paul Howarth wrote: > On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 06:15 +0000, peter kostov wrote: > > Today I saw this on my FC3: > > > > [root@hst-1-98 ~]# netstat -ap --tcp > > Active Internet connections (servers and established) > > Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name > > > > [snip] > > > > tcp 0 92672 hst-1-98.siriusbg.com:57358 server266.com:smtp ESTABLISHED 2997/jAFKvTwN007961 > > > > [root@hst-1-98 ~]# ps -u root | grep 2997 > > 2997 ? 00:00:01 sendmail > > > > Is that something that is sending mail without my knowledge? > > That what worries me is the program name, and that I have not started any mail program or sent mail today... > > Don't worry, this is normal. Sendmail changes its cpmmand name to show > the progress it's making in handling mail. This then shows up in "ps" > and "netstat" listings as you've seen. Try "ps uaxww | grep sendmail" > for example. > > Paul. > -- > Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Thanks Paul, good to hear that! Peter. >
