30 Sep
2001
30 Sep
'01
15:48
Output of ps aux | grep ldp is:
root 1159 0.0 0.3 1228 412 ttyp1 S 11:36 0:00
grep ldp
I tried kiling 1159, 1228, and 412, and output for each
said: No such
PID
Umm, 1159 would obviously not die, since it used to be the process of the command "grep lpd". To avoid this again, try the following: ps aux | grep -v "grep lpd" the "-v" switch reverses the sense of the match. But this is a digression from your original question :-) You'll have to star the lpd daemon again (as root). This should have cleared the buffer by now. --Thomas Adam