On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 19:13, Major Joe wrote: > from the desk of majorjo@xxxxxxxxxxx > Johnson > I u are a super user u can kill any process of others. > A root process can only be killed by root/ administrator Yes. [...] > > but when I > >use the system monitor (entering the root password) it hangs? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sorry, perhaps I was unclear. I'll give it to you step-by-step * I open the system monitor and select a root owned process * I click the 'End Process' botton in the bottom right of the Sys. Mon. * The End Process window pops up and prompts me for the root password in order to end a root owned process * I enter the root password and click 'End Process' * The System Moniter hangs. hope that's clearer thanks nick -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list