Have you investigated the changes Red Hat made to the ps command output between 7.3 and 9.0? I'm taking a guess that Red Hat has finally smartened up and is not showing a "process" for every thread anymore. -- Frank Swasey | http://www.uvm.edu/~fcs Systems Programmer | Always remember: You are UNIQUE, University of Vermont | just like everyone else. === God Bless Us All ===