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Description of problem:
Lets say you have script like this on a RHEL 8 system that is also running sssd  daemon and you would like to get it's PID using pidof and your bash script happens to be named "sssd"

cat sssd 
#!/bin/bash
echo "my pid is $$"
echo "normal pidof:"
pidof sssd
echo "pidof with -x"
echo "-x     Scripts too - this causes the program to also return process id's of shells running the named scripts."
pidof -x sssd
echo 

Trying to run this on RHEL 8.2 works as expected:
./sssd 
my pid is 3286240
normal pidof:
945
pidof with -x
-x     Scripts too - this causes the program to also return process id's of shells running the named scripts.
3286240 945

Trying to run this on RHEL 8.3 works in a unexpected way:
./sssd 
my pid is 26311
normal pidof:
26311 1096
pidof with -x
-x     Scripts too - this causes the program to also return process id's of shells running the named scripts.
26311 1096

it returns the running scripts PID even though "-x" was not given as a parameter to pidof





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Additional info:

Moving resolution of bz#1803640 under new '-w' program option so the default behavior of pidof is untouched.
Pull request sent upstream.

My apologies, I made a mistake. so please ignore my previous comment.

Current states:

bz1894526 rhel8.4GA VERIFIED
bz1919284 rhel8.3.z ON_QA

Current states:

bz1894526 rhel8.4GA VERIFIED
bz1919284 rhel8.3.z https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2021:1320

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (procps-ng bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2021:1626