On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Daniel Rodrick <daniel.rodrick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > One last question ... the nice value of a process never changes > (unless done explicitly using nice system call), right? > Correct.... notice that only root who is able to alter the nice value of any processes freely. Normal user can only renice its own created process and only increase its nice value (thus decreasing its static priority) -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
