Hello Gurus, This output is on RHAS 5.1 and the kernel version is 2.6.18-53.1.6.el5. I need to know the meaning of the Status column and what (dest) means in the below output. #ipcs ------ Shared Memory Segments -------- key shmid owner perms bytes nattch status 0x00000000 458752 gdm 600 393216 2 dest <<<<< 0xa6d143fc 524289 oracle 660 2149580800 22 0x00000000 557058 root 600 196608 2 dest <<<<< 0x00000000 589827 root 600 196608 2 dest <<<<< 0x00000000 622596 root 600 196608 2 dest <<<<< 0x00000000 655365 root 600 196608 2 dest <<<<< 0x00000000 688134 root 600 196608 2 dest <<<<< 0x00000000 720903 root 600 196608 2 dest <<<<< 0x00000000 753672 root 600 196608 2 dest <<<<< 0x00000000 819210 root 600 196608 2 dest <<<<< 0x5e069a14 917515 root 600 512 1 ------ Semaphore Arrays -------- key semid owner perms nsems 0x71069a02 0 root 666 1 0xf01656e0 131073 oracle 660 154 0x550a01de 163842 root 666 1 ------ Message Queues -------- key msqid owner perms used-bytes messages Regards, Pattabhi Raman -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subjecthttps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list