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Article #124Re: process name strangeness (mbx_helper)
From: Nathaniel Mishkin
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 1986 14:46
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 1986 14:46
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This doesn't seem to be very important, but I am curious. On one
of our file servers, the mbx_helper process shows up in the 'pst'
listing as unnamed (i.e., with a UID number). It is started the
regular way from startup.spm via a 'cps /sys/mbx/mbx_helper', exactly
as it is on other servers. Only on one is it unnamed (of course,
it doesn't show up in `node_data/proc_dir on that node, but does
on others).
Sometimes, names get "stuck" -- the name of a previously incarnated process
stays around (in "`node_data/proc_dir") even after the process goes away.
(Typically, the process has to die in a somewhat horrible way for this
problem to arise.) This sometimes prevents NEW processes from using the
same name. One or both of the following should fix your problem: (1)
"dlf `node_data/proc_dir/mbx_helper"; (2) reboot your node.
-- Nat Mishkin
Apollo Computer
apollo!mishkin
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