Introduction to Linux in HPC/Processes

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What does PID stand for?

	Packet Identifier
	Process Identifier
	Protocol Identifocation

How are the permissions of a process set?

	By inheritance of owner's permissions.
	Manually by user
	Explicitly at startup by parameters.

Exercises in Terminal

1. Start a process (e.g. sleep 10m) and kill it from a second console.

Answer:

     Start the process: sleep 10m
     Go to a second console.
     Start the process manager: top
     Filter process from your user account: press 'u' and type in your account name.
     Identify the job ('sleep') and note the associated PID.
     Kill it: press 'k' and type in the PID from previous step.

2. Start a process, bring it into background/foreground.

Hint:

     To bring a process to background:
        Press Ctrl-Z (pause the process).
        Type bg (bring it to background).
     To bring a process to foreground:
        Display running "jobs" and identify the job ID: jobs
        Type fg <job-ID> (bring it to foreground).

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