04-22-2009
why process PPID changes to 1
Hi All,
I have just started using SUN Solaris o.s version is :SunOS spdwa013(my server name) 5.8 Generic_117350-61 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-480R
My problem is that i have some processes running on that server they have a PID and a PPID.
But sometimes the PPID for a particular process changes to 1 even if the parent process is running with some other PID.Can anyone tell me why is this strange behavior happening?
Thanks
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SYNOPSIS
rwsnoop [-jPtvZ] [-n name] [-p PID]
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OPTIONS
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-P print parent process ID
-t print timestamp, us
-v print time, string
-Z print zone ID
-n name
process name to track
-p PID PID to track
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# rwsnoop -.Monitor processes named "bash", # rwsnoop -n bash
FIELDS
TIME timestamp, us
TIMESTR
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PROJ project ID
UID user ID
PID process ID
PPID parent process ID
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