Showing posts with label processes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label processes. Show all posts

24 July 2011

Process Memory Usage

Since resources on a host are finite, it can be useful to know the
impact of a process or processes on those resources.  In this instance,
we'll take a look at a process' use of memory.  Our details for this are:

17 February 2011

Network Ports and Processes (Windows)

Previously, I wrote up how to match open network ports to running
processes
for FreeBSD, Solaris, and Linux.  If UNIX hosts can correlate
ports to processes, shouldn't Windows Server be able to as well?
Beginning with Windows 2000, it can.  Our host details for this are:

18 October 2010

Process Environments

When working on a host, it is sometimes of value to know the environmental
settings, such as PATH, that a process is currently using.  Fortunately,
there a way of obtaining this information for Solaris, Linux, and FreeBSD.
The following is an example for cron from a Solaris x86 box (though sparc

Network Ports and Processes

Looking at a host, there are times when it may be indeterminable
what process may be holding a particular port open.  Perhaps because
there is no entry for the port in /etc/services, thus netstat, etc,
will not display a recognizable name.  The reason may be that the port