Why the "ps -ef" doesn't display the exact process name? eg. just the [oracle] instead of ora_pmon_GHRMANP1? -thanks This is what I got from RedHat RL9, why the default is setup like this? oracle 8737 2133 0 14:46 pts/1 00:00:00 sqlplus oracle 8810 1 0 15:01 ? 00:00:00 [oracle] oracle 8812 1 0 15:01 ? 00:00:00 [oracle] oracle 8814 1 0 15:01 ? 00:00:00 [oracle] oracle 8816 1 0 15:01 ? 00:00:00 [oracle] oracle 8818 1 0 15:01 ? 00:00:00 [oracle] oracle 8820 1 0 15:01 ? 00:00:00 [oracle] oracle 8822 1 0 15:01 ? 00:00:00 [oracle] oracle 8824 1 0 15:01 ? 00:00:00 [oracle] oracle 8826 1 0 15:01 ? 00:00:00 [oracle] oracle 8828 8737 0 15:01 ? 00:00:01 [oracle] root 8848 1995 0 15:16 pts/0 00:00:00 ps -ef This is what I got from SUSE, which looks more like Unix by default. oracle 8665 1 0 Sep02 ? 00:00:01 ora_pmon_GHRMANP1 oracle 8667 1 0 Sep02 ? 00:00:00 ora_dbw0_GHRMANP1 oracle 8669 1 0 Sep02 ? 00:00:16 ora_lgwr_GHRMANP1 oracle 8671 1 0 Sep02 ? 00:01:55 ora_ckpt_GHRMANP1 oracle 8673 1 0 Sep02 ? 00:00:55 ora_smon_GHRMANP1 oracle 8675 1 0 Sep02 ? 00:00:00 ora_reco_GHRMANP1 oracle 8677 1 0 Sep02 ? 00:00:00 ora_arc0_GHRMANP1 oracle 8679 1 0 Sep02 ? 00:00:00 ora_arc1_GHRMANP1 Regards, Shan Jing Enterprise Services Unix Group - New York Chief Technology Office (CTO) Global Technology and Operations(GTO) Deutsche Bank Desk: +1-201-593-5624 Cell: +1-201-456-9795 Group Hotline: +1-973-957-4430 -- This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
