Why the extra shells?

[Payne]

John,

I have seen that when a script is running and it uses the bash shell. I 
have see that too where you close a ssh session too soon like you stated.

Hope that helps.

Payne

John Almberg wrote:
> I just noticed something odd...
>
> When I type ps, I get the following:
>
> [on:~]> ps
>   PID  TT  STAT      TIME COMMAND
> 30350  p0  Ss     0:00.03 -bash (bash)
> 30761  p0  R+     0:00.00 ps
> 99069  p1  Is+    0:00.01 /usr/local/bin/bash
> 79966  p3  Is     0:00.01 /usr/local/bin/bash
> 27050  p4  Is+    0:00.01 /usr/local/bin/bash
> 45342  p5  Is+    0:00.01 /usr/local/bin/bash
> 20302  p6  Is     0:00.02 /usr/local/bin/bash
> 73354  p7  Is+    0:00.01 /usr/local/bin/bash
> 94357  p8  Is+    0:00.14 /usr/local/bin/bash
> 82034  p9  Is+    0:00.02 /usr/local/bin/bash
> 82825  pa  Is+    0:00.02 /usr/local/bin/bash
> 63521  pb  Is+    0:00.07 /usr/local/bin/bash
> 75330  pc  Is+    0:00.06 /usr/local/bin/bash
> 81504  pd  Is+    0:00.01 /usr/local/bin/bash
> 95482  pe  Is+    0:00.01 /usr/local/bin/bash
> 21072  pf  Is+    0:00.12 /usr/local/bin/bash
> 96897  pg  Is+    0:00.07 /usr/local/bin/bash
> 50522  ph  Is+    0:00.02 /usr/local/bin/bash
> 98404  pi  Is+    0:00.03 /usr/local/bin/bash
>
> I'm wondering why I have all these shells running? Could it be because 
> I close my SSH terminal without exiting, thus leaving bash in some 
> sort of suspended state?
>
> This is a pure server box, with Apache, tinydns, and Qmail being the 
> main processes.
>
> Can I just kill them off? There is no one logged into this server 
> besides me, and never will be. A 'who' confirms that I am the only one 
> logged in.
>
> Any hints, much appreciated.
>
> -- John
>
>
>
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