process ownership problem

Gert Doering (gert@greenie.muc.de)
Sat, 17 Apr 1999 11:10:52 +0200

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Hi,

On Fri, Apr 16, 1999 at 06:28:57PM -0500, System Administrator wrote:
> When the 'w' command is issued it shows users logged in; however, when
> 'ps' is issued the ownership of mgettys in use is still shown as root
> rather than the user now running the process. Is there a way i can changeq

mgetty always runs as root.  When a user is logged in, the mgetty process
on that tty disappears, and is restarted by init when the user logs out.

There *is no mgetty* running "in use" for a given user.

gert
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