Yes, but did you conform to the proper authentication protocol when you signed on to the server 
where the thread was running?  In other words, did you use the proper handshake?

Couldn't resist...

	Tony

Jared wrote:
> 
> ps -A
> PID
> TTY
> TIME
>         CMD
> 1
> ?
> 00:08:25
> init
> 2
> ?
> 00:00:27
> kflushd
> 3
> ?
> 00:50:42
> kupdate
> 4
> ?
> 00:12:42
> kswapd
> 5
> ?
> 00:00:00
> keventd
> 6
> ?
> 00:00:00
> mdrecoveryd
> 499
> tty1
> 00:00:00
> mingetty
> 500
> ttyS0
> 00:00:00
> getty
> 3293
> tty1
> 03:24:02
> hand-shaking-thread
> 6240
> ?       00:00:00        mozilla-bin
> 6241
> ?       00:00:00        mozilla-bin
> 6242
> ?       00:00:00        mozilla-bin
> 6243
> ?       00:00:00        mozilla-bin
> 6244
> ?       00:00:00        mozilla-bin
> 6255
> pts/1
> 00:00:00
> bash
> 6374
> pts/1
> 00:00:00
> ps
> 
> kill -9 3293
> 
> Okay, it's dead.
>