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Description of problem: pgrep reports different process names for chromium-browser $ pgrep -l chromium 21427 chromium-browse 21432 chromium-browse 21434 chromium-browse 21437 chromium-browse 21480 chromium-browse 21497 chromium-browse 21502 chromium-browse 21508 chromium-browse 21513 chromium-browse 21518 chromium-browse 21523 chromium-browse 21794 chromium-browse $ ps aux | grep chromium tpelka 21427 65.8 7.6 1247456 456384 ? SLl 14:07 1:12 /opt/chromium-browser/chromium-browser --enable-plugins --enable-extensions --enable-user-scripts --enable-printing --enable-sync --auto-ssl-client-auth --ppapi-flash-path=/opt/chromium-browser/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so --ppapi-flash-version=11.9.900.170 .... $ ps -e | grep chromium 21427 ? 00:01:12 chromium-browse 21432 ? 00:00:00 chromium-browse 21434 ? 00:00:00 chromium-browse 21437 ? 00:00:00 chromium-browse 21480 ? 00:00:00 chromium-browse 21497 ? 00:00:00 chromium-browse 21502 ? 00:00:00 chromium-browse 21508 ? 00:00:00 chromium-browse 21513 ? 00:00:00 chromium-browse 21518 ? 00:00:00 chromium-browse 21523 ? 00:00:00 chromium-browse 21794 ? 00:00:00 chromium-browse $ cat /proc/21427/status | grep Name Name: chromium-browse Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): procps-3.2.8-25.el6.x86_64 chromium-31.0.1650.63-1.el6_5.x86_64 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: chromium process is called "chromium-browse" Expected results: The name should be "chromium-browser" Additional info:
As proces names are limited to 15 chars + null terminator, this seems to be correct behaviour. Closing.