[NTLUG:Discuss] -:0

[Chris Cox]

phrostie wrote:
> in the process of trying to fix my printer i did a: 
> ps -e -f
> 
> and was looking thru the output when i saw:
> UID        PID  PPID  C STIME TTY          TIME CMD
> root      3555  1307  0 Apr21 ?        00:00:00 -:0
> 
> 
> i've never heard of a process called, -:0
> and it bothers the hell out of me that there is no path listed to bin.
> 
> locate -:0 gives an invalid option.
> 
> can this be anything good?
> 

A process can change the name that it is known by.
It's a weak security feature.

Not a problem.... unless the somewhat stealthy process really
isn't supposed to be there!