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Also, check to make sure that the setuid is not set for that script.

The background process started in the same way which I specified.
nohup ksh rep_check &
I am not starting the rep_check_start.sh(parent) in background mode.If I execute nohup ksh rep_check & in command prompt it is started fine and it is showing my user name in ps -ef.The problem is coming when I am executing thru rep_check_start.sh script.

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No there is no setuid.

Code:

Try putting a shebang line at the top of rep_check.
#!/bin/ksh

Then invoke the script from rep_check_start.sh  as:

nohup rep_check &

Is this a system you built or inherited? Is RBAC or Trusted Solaris Extensions being actively used on the system?

Cheers,
Keith

OK could you check few of the things.1
1. ptree or pstree to see the process tree
>> So we know who is the parent of that process.

2. try lsof to see what the process is doing ... may be some fork some where..
>> Now we could get more on what the process is calling

3. Check all the commands in the script for suid/guid bit .
4. Also check if you have permission to sudo/su or you are part of group which can make you root. (example wheel group)

Re-reading post 1.
I wonder. Is this script being run from /etc/profile or the user's $HOME/.profile perhaps?

I was guessing that even when a script is executed during login it might have forked a child process. Please correct me if I am wrong.