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109457 06/30/1998 12:28 PM 07/02/1998 04:26 PM
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I do not get a process status report when executing the ps(1) command.
Keywords
process ps status unixware proc unixware 2.x 7 2.1.3 2.1.2 2.1.1 processorfs vfstab filesystem mount no ps -ef
Release
UnixWare 7.0.0
SCO UnixWare Application Server Release 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3
SCO UnixWare Application Server Release 2.01, 2.02, 2.03
SCO UnixWare Personal Edition Release 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3
SCO UnixWare Personal Edition Release 2.01, 2.02, 2.03
Problem 
          Executing either 'ps' or 'ps -ef' does not report back the process
          status. The filesystem /proc is empty.

          The output of the ps(1) command looks like the following:

                  # ps
                  PID  CLS PRI TTY      TIME COMD
CAUSE:
          The filesystems /proc and /processorfs are either not listed in
          the /etc/vfstab file, or are not mounted.

          A vfstab file should look similar to the following:

      /dev/root /dev/rroot / vxfs 1 no mincache=closesync SYS_RANGE_MAX
      /dev/dsk/c0b0t0d0sa /dev/rdsk/c0b0t0d0sa /stand bfs 1 no -  SYS_RANGE_MAX
      /proc -   /proc   proc    -   no  -
      /processorfs -   /system/processor   profs    -   yes  -
      /dev/fd   -   /dev/fd fdfs    -   no  -
      /dev/dsk/f0t  /dev/rdsk/f0t   /install    s5  -   no  -
      /dev/dsk/f1t  /dev/rdsk/f1t   /install    s5  -   no  -
      /dev/dsk/f0   /dev/rdsk/f0    /install    s5  -   no  -
      /dev/dsk/f1   /dev/rdsk/f1    /install    s5  -   no  -
Solution 
          Using your favorite editor, view the /etc/vfstab file.

          Make sure that your vfstab file has these two lines:

                 /proc -   /proc   proc    -   no  -
                 /processorfs -   /system/processor   profs    -   yes  -

          If they are not there, add them and reboot the system.
          If they are there, verify that the /proc and /system/processor
          filesystems are mounted by executing the following command:

                # mount

          If not, then execute the command:

                # mountall

          If you still get no process when you execute the ps(1) command,
          or executing the above command, you get a message similar to this:

                line vfstab too few entries

          make sure that the entries in the vfstab file are all one complete
          line.  The lines should not be broken in two.  If you are using the
          vi editor you can use the ":set list" command to view all the
          non-printable characters. The $ (dollar sign) denotes a carriage
          return, and the symbols ^I, denote a tab.
SEE ALSO:
          man pages: proc(4), mount (1M).
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