Problem with ps -ef

[jaytco]

I have a solaris 8 Sparc box, and for some reason when I do a /usr/bin/ps -ef is only shows most, but not all of my processes. But when I do a /usr/ucb/ps aux I get all the processes (mine and system as I would expect). The binary size is correct and the sum value is the same os other boxes that work correctly.

Thanks

 

[Annihilannic]

Can you identify which processes aren't being listed by /usr/bin/ps? Annihilannic.

 

[jaytco]

It look like the only processes that are showing are my own process. root or other user processes are not showing up.

[stargate]> ps -ef | grep -v grep | wc -l
26
[stargate]> /usr/ucb/ps aux | grep -v grep | wc -l
74
[stargate]> /usr/ucb/ps aux | grep jtombre | grep -v grep | wc -l
27

 

[Annihilannic]

So the output of ps -f and ps -ef as 'jtombre' are almost identical? What happens if you type ps -fu root?

What are the permissions on your /proc directory? They should be dr-xr-xr-x, and it should be owned by root:root. Annihilannic.

 

[jaytco]

ps -f shown the current login processes and ps -ef show all login processes.

[stargate]/proc> ls -la / | grep proc
dr-xr-xr-x 75 root root 30400 Jan 22 11:35 proc

So that looks good

 

[Annihilannic]

Does ps -fu root list all root's processes?

Does ps -ef work normally when you are logged in as root? If so, you could try comparing the output of truss ps -ef when logged in as root and when logged in as yourself to find out which system calls are failing, or not being made. Annihilannic.