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sbocco:~# uname -a
Linux sbocco 2.4.20-bf2.4 #1 Wed Dec 25 13:17:08 UTC 2002 i686 GNU/Linux

sbocco:/tmp# ps xaf
  PID TTY      STAT   TIME COMMAND
  1 ?        S      0:05 init [2] 
  2 ?        S      0:00 [keventd]
  3 ?        SN     0:00 [ksoftirqd_CPU0]
  4 ?        S      0:01 [kswapd]

sbocco:/tmp# netstat -nap
Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State       PID/Program name   
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:2401            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN     22632/inetd         
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:37              0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN     22632/inetd         
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:9               0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN     22632/inetd