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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | The background images show | + | The background images show output from the the <code>ps</code> command of Unix computer system, that lists the programmes a user is running. If a user is not able to log out, their processes would continue to run until stopped by a reboot. If a user were to die while logged in their still running programs would be a reminder of them to other users. |
− | + | This comic supposes that an administrator is unwilling to reboot a machine which has still running processes from a presumably deceased user named "sam". The final joke refers to the command line interface called a shell, and a particular type of shell called zshell, and the expression "Ghost in the machine". The other process that sam appears to be running is irssi, a realtime chat client. | |
− | + | To "su to the user" is to use the ability of an root user to become other users, thereby giving the impression that "sam" or his ghost had logged in again. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[The text is over a white-on-black terminal showing a bit of output from ps -el | + | :[The text is over a white-on-black terminal showing a bit of output from ps -el, with processes running from root and sam.] |
:When a user dies, their connections time out, | :When a user dies, their connections time out, | ||
:but their screen sessions linger. | :but their screen sessions linger. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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