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# pspy - monitor Linux processes without root permissions
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<img src="images/logo.svg" align="left" />
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# pspy - process monitoring without root
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pspy is a command line tool allowing you to snoop on Linux processes without being root.
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It can help you to find and analyse cron jobs or other background processes that would otherwise be hidden from you (e.g., a cron job in `/var/spool/cron/root`).
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Get the tool onto the machine you want to inspect.
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You can choose between the 32 and 64 bit version.
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Files are in the `/bin` folder of this repository.
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- 32 bit version: [download](bin/pspy32)
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- 64 bit version: [download](bin/pspy64)
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All files are statically compiled and should run without any libraries.
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It will only work on Linux.
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No other OS is supported as the project relies on Linux kernel features.
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Besides using the events, pspy will also scan `/proc` every 100ms, just to be sure.
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My initial experiments suggest the CPU usage is quite low for this value.
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Making the interval configurable is on the roadmap.
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# Misc
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Logo: "By Creative Tail [CC BY 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons"
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