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S2000-025 · Question #108
An administrator notices a process in the process list with only the numbers 123 and no user name. What explains why the process has numbers in the UID column in ps -ef output?
The correct answer is C. The user that started the process was removed from the system. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
AIX 7.3 System Management
Question
An administrator notices a process in the process list with only the numbers 123 and no user name. What explains why the process has numbers in the UID column in ps -ef output?
Options
- AIt is a kernel process
- BThe UID column in the output shows only numerical User IDs
- CThe user that started the process was removed from the system
- DZombie processes have no real space or owners, so random UID column numbers occur
How the community answered
(34 responses)- A3% (1)
- B9% (3)
- C85% (29)
- D3% (1)
Topics
#process management#UID#ps command#user accounts
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