Well, I am the one with the root privileges. However the app - WebSphere MQ - is running under its own nonpriviliged user account. When I log in remotely, I am also using my own nonprivileged user then use sudo to change privileges if needed.

The problem were visible to all nonprivileged user and even root user, running most commands,

ps -ef shows all processes for all users. Almost. ps aux is listing all processes for all users, even those not attached to a terminal.

Now I do not have the opportunity to repeat the situation, but my guess is that ps aux would be able to show all the entries I wanted for.

--Trifo