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Question Checking background jobs from another session
Ok, so I'm comfortable backgrounding jobs in the shell, starting and stopping them, and bringing them to the fg and bg. What I can't figure out is how to monitor those background jobs from another shell (remote, or local).

Example:
- On a local console for MYHOST, I su to root
- I then update my /src via cvs and background the job with a '&'
- I connect via ssh to MYHOST from a different machine and su to root
- I type 'jobs', but no bg jobs show up

My original impression was that since 'root' backgrounded the jobs, I could just log in as root again, and check the job status. This doesn't work. I'm guessing that since I am connected under a 2nd session, the background jobs only apply to the session that started them, not the user who started them. How can I remotely check on these jobs?

Additionally, and sort of off topic, why if I su to root, then type 'who' does root not show up? The user I logged in as shows up, but not root. When I su to root, is that not running a login shell? Is that why?

Thanks for any feedback!
 
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS

atrm

atrm(1) 							   User Commands							   atrm(1)

NAME

       atrm - remove jobs spooled by at or batch

SYNOPSIS

       atrm [-afi] [ [ job  #] [user...]]

DESCRIPTION

       The atrm utility removes delayed-execution jobs that were created with the at(1) command, but have not yet executed. The list of these jobs
       and associated job numbers can be displayed by using atq(1).

       atrm removes each job-number you specify, and/or all jobs belonging to the user you specify, provided that you own the indicated jobs.

       You can only remove jobs belonging to other users if you have solaris.jobs.admin privileges.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -a	All. Removes all unexecuted jobs that were created by the current user. If invoked by the privileged user, the entire  queue  will
		be flushed.

       -f	Force.	All information regarding the  removal of the specified jobs is suppressed.

       -i	Interactive. atrm asks if a job should be removed. If you respond with a y, the job will be removed.

FILES

       /var/spool/cron/atjobs	       spool area for at jobs

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcsu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       at(1), atq(1), auths(1), cron(1M), auth_attr(4), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10							    13 Aug 1999 							   atrm(1)