Linux Assignment 6: Analysis of Linux Processes and System Performance

This document presents a solution to a Linux assignment focused on hands-on projects related to process analysis and system performance within a Fedora Linux environment. The assignment utilizes the `ps` command to examine process characteristics, including process IDs, terminal associations, user origins, and process states. The student explores various aspects of process management, such as viewing initial processes, identifying parent processes, and understanding the impact of commands like `kill`. The assignment also involves analyzing system memory, swap usage, and the use of utilities like `top` and `cron`. Through a series of terminal commands and observations, the student demonstrates an understanding of fundamental Linux process management concepts and system monitoring.

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Linux Assignment 6
Name of the Student:
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Hands-on Project 9-1
The system is booted

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The terminal
1. The process name for pid 1 is switched root decentralized
2. Most of the characters in the terminal tty are ?
3. The process does not know what tty its in.
4. Root user
5. Process 2 is the most process

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6. S and I are show and state of the file is indicated.
7. The range is -20 to 19
8. The processes which have 4 in the F column are systemd process, system-logger,
udevd, avahi-daemon, NetworkManager, smartd,crond

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No zombie processes are indicated.
Exited from the terminal.

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Hands-on Project 9-2
The system is booted

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The terminal
lnxrocks 6785 6688 0 11:37 pts/0 00:00:00 bash
lnxrocks 6894 6785 0 11:48 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto bash

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No the shell did not terminate

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No the shell did not terminate

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No the shell did not terminate
kill -9 6785 terminated the shell. This happens because signal number 9 is an active process
and the process is killed.
Hands-on Project 9-3
The system is booted

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The terminal

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The prompt was nit received and hence control + C is used.