Re: Strange Process running as root

[Jan Kurik <jan.kurik@xxxx>]

Dharmendra.T wrote:
> Analyse what that process is doing. Check the system for intrusive activity.
> If you suspect that it is not used kill it or stop it.


   Don't kill this proces. It's a part of X server. If you stop (kill) 
it, your Xwindows session will crash.



>>root      1122  0.0  0.7  3268  908 ?        S    06:19   0:00 -:0
>>
>>is it anything he should worry about.


   No, it's OK. You should see, that this proces is a child of your X 
server and a parent of your desktop proces (perhaps /usr/X11R6/bin/kde).


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