Self-starting NAIM??

DISCUSSION Staci 2 participants 3 messages May 20, 2002

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Staci

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2002-05-20 16:27 UTC #0 lore raw

This is bizaare.
For the last day or so, NAIM has been starting itself as a background process.
(for those of you who don't know, NAIM is a console-based instant-messenger)

I double-checked my process-list last night to make sure. Then I woke up this morning and it'd been running for 304:06 minutes. I ALWAYS shut it down, this isn't me.

How is this happening???

thanks,

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Richard Adams

2002-05-20 18:40 UTC #1 lore raw

Quoted 6 lines · Staci

This is bizaare.
For the last day or so, NAIM has been starting itself as a background process.
(for those of you who don't know, NAIM is a console-based instant-messenger)

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I double-checked my process-list last night to make sure. Then I woke up this morning and it'd been running for 304:06 minutes. I ALWAYS shut it down, this isn't me.
How is this happening???

I have absolutly no experiance with this program, however if a program restarts itself then 2 things come to mind, it is told to do so in /etc/inittab with a respawn command or via crontab, altho, i doubt it would be crontab.

I have "yet" to see a program that starts itself.

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thanks,

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Regards Richard
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Staci

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2002-05-20 19:29 UTC #2 lore raw

Quoted 5 lines · --- Richard Adams

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I double-checked my process-list last night to
make
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sure. Then I woke up this morning and it'd been
running for 304:06 minutes. I ALWAYS shut it
down,

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this isn't me.
I have absolutly no experiance with this program, however if a program
restarts itself then 2 things come to mind, it is told to do so in
/etc/inittab with a respawn command or via crontab, altho, i doubt it would
be crontab.

Well, I just checked inittab and it's not there, although I did figure out one other inconsistency that'd been puzzling me. ;)
(namely, when a particular bad-happening occurred I got locked out of all ttys except 6...turns out 6 is ..I guess the way I understand it is : 6 is a text-console independent of X so when X goes crunch BAD, 6 still works).

anyway!
How do I check crontab? I've never used it, I've never set a cron-job although I know what they are.

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I have "yet" to see a program that starts itself.

<heh> Well you have now. ;)

Thanks for the info....
sl

PS Bah, now you guys got me doin it!
At least for me, please send responses only to [email protected] so I don't get duplicates like I just sent Richard! :/

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