5.1a pk#5 and brackets around 'ps' process output

From: Mike Broderick (broderic_at_MIT.EDU)
Date: 09/03/03

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To: tru64-unix-managers <tru64-unix-managers@ornl.gov>

    We just applied patch kit #5 to a 5.1a system to fix a problem and now
    several processes (all the Netbackup ones) show up in a 'ps' listing
    with brackets around the command (and command paths and params no longer
    appear). E.g.,

    pk#5:

    root 877 1 0.0 14:18:19 ?? 0:00.55 [ltid]
    root 883 1 0.0 14:18:19 ?? 0:00.31 [bprd]
    root 885 1 0.2 14:18:19 ?? 0:06.03 [vmd]
    root 889 1 0.0 14:18:19 ?? 0:01.04 [bpdbm]
    root 985 877 0.0 14:18:23 ?? 0:00.03 [acsd]
    root 1038 877 0.0 14:18:25 ?? 0:00.03 [tldd]
    root 1095 877 0.0 14:18:27 ?? 0:08.37 [avrd]
    root 1096 985 0.0 14:18:27 ?? 0:00.01 [acssel]

    pk#4:

    root 439603 440795 0.0 Aug 26 ?? 2:39.99 avrd
    root 440722 1 0.0 Aug 26 ?? 2:26.44 vmd -v
    root 440765 1 0.0 Aug 26 ?? 0:00.00 portmap
    root 440767 1 0.0 Aug 26 ?? 0:09.50
    /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bprd
    root 440795 1 0.0 Aug 26 ?? 0:12.70
    /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/ltid
    root 440820 1 0.0 Aug 26 ?? 0:01.49 tldcd -v
    root 440833 440891 0.0 Aug 26 ?? 0:00.17 acsssi 13741
    root 440842 440795 0.0 Aug 26 ?? 0:00.58 tldd -v
    root 440853 440891 0.0 Aug 26 ?? 0:00.01 acssel -s 13740

    /usr/bin/ps was patched but the old 'ps' also shows the changed output.

    This is breaking several Netbackup scripts that apparently rely on that
    output. I browsed the 119 patch list but could not readily identify
    the one that made this change.

    Anyone else seen this or know how to undo just this change.

                                                                                                          
    _Mike

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