You can try to use the "--forest" flag of the ps command.
For example: Here is an excerpt from the output of ps -ef --forest that I ran on my Ubuntu system.
As you can see, the output shows the hierarchy of the processes, which is what you were interested in.
Unfortunately, the format of the output has been lost on the post, so the inserted output does not demonstrates the hierarchy. The process name part of sons of processes is indented so that it appears more to the right than that of the father.
Hello all,
I need a help in unix. is there any command in unix similar to doskey in MS Dos. It taked pain to enter the big command again and again.. the up and down arrows do not bring the previous commands on the prompt. so pls let me know if there is any command to enable the doskey kind of... (4 Replies)
at work, I'm a UNIX administrator, but at home I use openSUSE 11. One of the commands that I use to assist me in trouble shooting A LOT is called ptree process tree. does anyone know of a ptree for linux? yes, I can just use ps -ef and see who the parent pid is and then 'ps -ef | grep <parent... (4 Replies)
Hi ,
I just wondering if there is any command that works similar to the expect command. I'm trying to setup a korn shell script that goes to remote servers and executes a command likes :
su - username -c "script to execute "
but then it'll prompt for the password so if I can provide... (1 Reply)
Hi Dears,
I believe you know authconfig on most of Linux Distributions. However, on Solaris OS, I don't know the similar tool. Could you please share me the tool, if any?
Note:
I am using SunOS 5.10. (0 Replies)
Unix (and Linux) uses a process tree that gives a natural security, by simple inheritance of attributes.
The following ptree script shows it. It runs on all Linux flavors.
Mostly useful for debugging.
#!/bin/sh
# Solaris style ptree
&& exec /usr/bin/ptree "$@"
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
gdm-stop
gdm-restart(1m) User Commands gdm-restart(1m)NAME
gdm-restart, gdm-safe-restart, gdm-stop - stop or restart GDM
SYNOPSIS
gdm-restart
gdm-safe-restart
gdm-stop
DESCRIPTION
gdm-restart stops and restarts GDM by sending a HUP signal to the GDM daemon. This command immediately terminates all sessions and logs out
users currently logged in with GDM.
gdm-safe-restart stops and restarts GDM by sending a USR1 signal to the GDM daemon. GDM is restarted as soon as all users log out.
gdm-stop stops GDM by sending a TERM signal to the GDM daemon.
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/gdm-restart Executable to stop and restart GDM
/usr/bin/gdm-safe-restarExecutable to stop and restart GDM safely
/usr/bin/stop Executable to stop GDM
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-display-mgr |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |External |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.
gdm(1), gdmXnestchooser(1), gdmflexiserver(1), gdmphotosetup(1), gdmsetup(1), gdmthemetester(1), gdmconfig(1m)NOTES
Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.
SunOS 5.10 1 Sep 2004 gdm-restart(1m)
02-06-2011
