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How do I find the userid under which a process has started ?

Asked by Spam Bait

I would like to know how to find the userid under which a process was started.

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Arnaudus (a-lerouzic) said : 		#1

Hi!

Open a terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal) and type:

ps -aux

This should do the job, the first column is the user.

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Best bob marshall (rmarsharmarsharmarsha) said : 		#2

Note: If you know the process number or the name of the command, you can zero in by piping the output through grep, ie. ps -elf | grep firefox or ps -elf | grep 1565. Using the first form, you'll have to ignore the extra process of the grep itself, of course!

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Spam Bait (spambait9876) said : 		#3

Thanks bob marshall, that solved my question.