What user is a process running as?


 
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Old 05-21-2006
What user is a process running as?

How do you determine what user a process is running as? I want to know what user proftpd is running as, and what user a script that I have is running as. Thanks.
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Old 05-21-2006
have your tried looking at man ps?
 
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