Re: [HACKERS] 'idle' processes in v6.5?

> ... under a Linux system ...
^^^^^

Ah, finally seen the light...
You didn't expect _that_ to go unnoticed, did you?

> 19130 p2 S 0:00 /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -o -F -o /usr/local/pgsql/er
> 19416 p2 S 0:00 /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres 127.0.0.1 nobody imp idle
> 19418 p2 S 0:00 /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres 127.0.0.1 nobody imp idle
> 19425 p2 S 0:00 /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres 127.0.0.1 nobody imp idle
> 21163 p2 S 0:00 /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres 127.0.0.1 nobody imp idle
> 21288 p2 S 0:00 /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres 127.0.0.1 nobody imp idle
> 21290 p2 S 0:00 /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres 127.0.0.1 nobody imp idle
> 21303 p2 S 0:00 /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres 127.0.0.1 nobody imp idle
> 21445 p2 S 0:00 /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres 127.0.0.1 nobody imp idle
> yet nobody is using that system yet except me testing a couple of times...

Yes, "nobody" *is* using the system. You sure you don't have a web
server or something? Anything else running as "nobody"?

- Thomas

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Thomas Lockhart lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu
South Pasadena, California