Re: htop vs ps
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:49:47 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Camaleón wrote:
>>> that produces a blank: no ideas :-(
>>
>> Maybe because the process is already gone :-?
>>
>> Can you still see it under htop/top?
>
> Rebooted, new PIDs, apcupsd on htop has 2: 2594 and 2550 but ps only
> shows 2550 and /proc/2550 exists, 2594 does not.
>
> I don't think it is a rootkit because I get this on any system that I
> run apcupsd on, even new installs, and rkhunter shows nothing.
>
> Where does htop get that PID?
>
> I will ask on the apcupsd mailing list.
You can also make use of the switches of "htop" like "s" to strace the
misterious process :-?
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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