I was surprised, when I looked, as to how many processes were running and have no idea what most of them are for, or even if they are necessary.
Can I remove any of them?
Can I remove any of them?
ps -aux
Code:
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TT STAT STARTED TIME COMMAND
root 11 399.4 0.0 0 32 - RL 11:08 12:25.74 [idle]
root 0 0.0 0.0 0 168 - DLs 11:08 0:00.02 [kernel]
root 1 0.0 0.0 5156 868 - ILs 11:08 0:00.01 /sbin/init --
root 2 0.0 0.0 0 8 - DL 11:08 0:00.00 [crypto]
root 3 0.0 0.0 0 8 - DL 11:08 0:00.00 [crypto returns]
root 4 0.0 0.0 0 16 - DL 11:08 0:00.02 [cam]
root 5 0.0 0.0 0 8 - DL 11:08 0:00.00 [soaiod1]
root 6 0.0 0.0 0 8 - DL 11:08 0:00.00 [soaiod2]
root 7 0.0 0.0 0 8 - DL 11:08 0:00.00 [soaiod3]
root 8 0.0 0.0 0 8 - DL 11:08 0:00.00 [soaiod4]
root 9 0.0 0.0 0 8 - DL 11:08 0:00.00 [sctp_iterator]
root 10 0.0 0.0 0 8 - DL 11:08 0:00.00 [audit]
root 12 0.0 0.0 0 184 - WL 11:08 0:03.90 [intr]
root 13 0.0 0.0 0 24 - DL 11:08 0:00.02 [geom]
root 14 0.0 0.0 0 80 - DL 11:08 0:00.58 [usb]
root 15 0.0 0.0 0 8 - DL 11:08 0:00.02 [rand_harvestq]
root 16 0.0 0.0 0 8 - DL 11:08 0:00.01 [acpi_thermal]
root 17 0.0 0.0 0 8 - DL 11:08 0:00.00 [enc_daemon0]
root 18 0.0 0.0 0 24 - DL 11:08 0:00.00 [pagedaemon]
root 19 0.0 0.0 0 8 - DL 11:08 0:00.00 [vmdaemon]
root 20 0.0 0.0 0 8 - DL 11:08 0:00.00 [pagezero]
root 21 0.0 0.0 0 8 - DL 11:08 0:00.00 [bufdaemon]
root 22 0.0 0.0 0 8 - DL 11:08 0:00.00 [bufspacedaemon]
root 23 0.0 0.0 0 8 - DL 11:08 0:00.01 [syncer]
root 24 0.0 0.0 0 8 - DL 11:08 0:00.00 [vnlru]
root 324 0.0 0.0 0 32 - DL 11:08 0:00.00 [ng_queue]
root 381 0.0 0.1 6080 1948 - Is 11:08 0:00.00 dhclient: em0 [priv] (dhclient)
_dhcp 443 0.0 0.1 6080 2016 - Is 11:08 0:00.00 dhclient: em0 (dhclient)
root 444 0.0 0.1 7300 3860 - Ss 11:08 0:00.03 /sbin/devd
unbound 487 0.0 0.2 15196 7628 - Is 11:08 0:00.25 /usr/sbin/unbound -c /var/unbound/unbound.conf
root 518 0.0 0.0 0 8 - DL 11:08 0:00.00 [smbiod0]
root 520 0.0 0.0 0 8 - DL 11:08 0:00.00 [smbiod1]
root 616 0.0 0.1 5976 1872 - Ss 11:08 0:00.03 /usr/sbin/syslogd -s
messagebus 717 0.0 0.1 6720 2668 - Is 11:08 0:00.00 /usr/local/bin/dbus-daemon --system
root 752 0.0 0.2 10816 5616 - Is 11:08 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/sshd
root 755 0.0 0.1 8736 4816 - Ss 11:08 0:00.01 sendmail: accepting connections (sendmail)
smmsp 758 0.0 0.1 8736 4656 - Is 11:08 0:00.00 sendmail: Queue runner@00:30:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue (sendmail)
root 762 0.0 0.1 6008 1944 - Is 11:08 0:00.01 /usr/sbin/cron -s
root 779 0.0 0.1 6128 1852 - Is 11:08 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/moused -p /dev/psm0 -t auto
root 854 0.0 0.1 8368 4316 - Ss 11:09 0:00.01 ppp -ddial internet
root 831 0.0 0.0 5960 1744 v0 Is+ 11:09 0:00.02 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv0
root 832 0.0 0.1 6488 2340 v1 Is 11:09 0:00.03 login [pam] (login)
root 839 0.0 0.1 6796 3868 v1 I 11:09 0:00.06 -csh (csh)
root 843 0.0 0.2 14008 8744 v1 S+ 11:09 0:00.38 mc
root 833 0.0 0.1 6488 2348 v2 Is 11:09 0:00.03 login [pam] (login)
root 841 0.0 0.1 6796 3868 v2 I+ 11:09 0:00.06 -csh (csh)
root 834 0.0 0.0 5960 1744 v3 Is+ 11:09 0:00.02 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv3
root 835 0.0 0.0 5960 1744 v4 Is+ 11:09 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv4
root 836 0.0 0.0 5960 1744 v5 Is+ 11:09 0:00.01 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv5
root 837 0.0 0.0 5960 1744 v6 Is+ 11:09 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv6
root 838 0.0 0.0 5960 1744 v7 Is+ 11:09 0:00.01 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv7
root 844 0.0 0.1 6796 3880 0 Ss 11:09 0:00.06 /bin/csh
root 871 0.0 0.1 6380 2176 0 R+ 11:11 0:00.00 ps -aux