How Do You Check Who Started a Process in Linux?
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Who started process Linux?

Init process is the mother (parent) of all processes on the system, it’s the first program that is executed when the Linux system boots up; it manages all other processes on the system. It is started by the kernel itself, so in principle it does not have a parent process. The init process always has process ID of 1.

How can I tell who created a file in Linux?

On Unix/Linux, in general, you cannot determine who created a file. All you can find out is who is the present owner of the file.

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