Re: Process error message

[Dirk Bartley <bartleyd2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John wrote:
> 
> > John
> >
> > You tried to find the process using the ps command I'm guessing.  If you
> know the name of a process
> > like sendmail for instance try the command
> >
> > ps -aux | grep sen
> 
>      When I run this it reports a process # of 1231, I go to Top to kill it
> and it says "no such process" any other ideas??
> 
> >
> > where sen is just an easy to type shortened version of sendmail.  If you
> can't find the process this
> > way which process are you looking for.
> >
> > Dirk Bartley
Have you tried to kill it with

kill -9 1231

what process is it?  Can I reproduce it on my machine?  You may have me
stumped!  Maybe another KLUG member will have the answer.  I have never used
top to kill processes.

Dirk