Basic System Status

First, the system should be installed and operational. If you had difficulties or are unsure that the system is operational, there are several ways to check the system status using either the start and stop scripts from the previous chapter or more familiar UNIX commands and utilities such as top and ps -ef.

To check on the status of the test system installed for this book, use the ps -ef command:

Code Example 5-1. ps -ef Command Output
 UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD root 0 0 0 Apr 11 ? 0:01 sched root 1 0 0 Apr 11 ? 0:01 /etc/init - root 2 0 0 Apr 11 ? 0:00 pageout root 3 0 0 Apr 11 ? 35:08 fsflush root 482 1 0 Apr 11 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/saf/sac -t 300 root 487 456 0 Apr 11 ? 0:00 /usr/dt/bin/dtlogin -daemon root 176 1 0 ...

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