Re: orbit-name-server and esd

[Andrew Clausen <clausen alphalink com au>]

Elliot Lee wrote:

> On Thu, 19 Nov 1998 23:00:53 +0100, intinig@tin.it <intinig@tin.it> wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I'm having a sort of strange behaviour with gnome. Whenever I logout of gnome-session
> >two processes remain alive: orbit-name-server and esd. I have to kill them manually whenever
> >I quit gnome.
> >
> >Is this a bug or is something wrong with my system?
>
> We haven't figured out when those things are supposed to die, so they just
> stay around for now. :) Keep bringing this to people's attention until
> someone can say "yes they are supposed to stay there" or "no they
> aren't"...

I think esd should be started by init.  When a user logs in, it claims ownership of esd.  Then
when the user logs out, it "disowns" it.  Does this sound right?

Andrew Clausen