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Linux System Administration and Configuration Basic command line: Also see ntpstat, smbstatus, ifstat, prtstat, pidstat, lpstat, mailstat, sar, cifsiostat, ... GUI/Graphical: List of tools: tools for finding the status of your system Processes execute within their own process environment, they have their own memory, current working directory, priority, process ID, parent process ID and the file access privileges of the user ID under which they execute. The basic Linux monitoring commands such as pstree and ps -auxw and top will inform you of the processes running on your system. Identify the process: pstree -p OR ps -auxw OR top Kill the process: kill <process-id-number> killall <command-name> This will perform an orderly shutdown of the process. A signal may be given to the process. In the previous example, the HUP signal was sent to the process. Identify all known signals: fuser -l Process Monitoring and Management GUI Tools: xosview: Oldie but goodie. Also see the GUI tool QPS. Then install qps: rpm -ivh qps-1.9.7-5.i386.rpm