> root 9052 1 0 16:31 ? 00:00:00 [ABC] > I would like to know what does the square bracket indicate. it means, it is running in Kernel mode. //shiva -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/