Hi, I can confirm this on a vanilla kernel 2.6.17-rc6:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ id uid=1001(yap) gid=1001(yap) groups=1001(yap) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ps PID TTY TIME CMD 6851 pts/3 00:00:00 su 6852 pts/3 00:00:00 bash 6856 pts/3 00:00:00 ps [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ renice -5 6852 6852: old priority 0, new priority -5 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ nice -5 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a Linux hidalgo 2.6.18-rc6 #2 Thu Sep 7 17:53:04 CEST 2006 ppc GNU/Linux I've tried on a (now down) pismo box with linux-2.6.17-2-powerpc and same thing, I could renice a process with a negative priority. Regards, -- Yves-Alexis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]