No this is not a security breach, or a problem.

:0 is the abbreviation for the Console X-Windows display on the local
machine.

If it were a display on a remote computer you'd see something like
"remotehost:1" or "remotehost:1 -bpp 16" etc. 

The "-" is displayed like this because ps is cutting out some spaces...

All you are looking at is a process which is part of the X-Windows
server.

If you execute a "ps -aux" you'll see more related proggies being run...

-JMS


|-----Original Message-----
|From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Ken Hawkins
|Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 1:52 PM
|To: expert
|Subject: [expert] bizarre command name (resident Program)
|
|
|
|I was viewing running processes, and I found the following 
|line. I am concerned, as I don't recall ever seeing this 
|before. Any ideas about what this is and what to do about it 
|would be appreciated.
|
|PID    User    Pri     Size    Resident        Stat    CPU     
|Mem    Time    CMD
|2282   root    0       6916    6916            S       0.0     
|4.2    0.40s   -:0
|                                                               
|               ^^^^^
|                                                               
|               THIS 
|
|is what concerns me. If I kill the process, my entire window 
|manager session restarts.
|
|The NAME of the process listed under details is KDM. The 
|command however, has a rather bizarre name.
|
|


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