Lingering bonobo-activation-server processes in F7

[Michael Wiktowy]

Hello,

I logged into my F7 machine using WinSCP to transfer some files to a
Windows box with a different user account than I normally use (that is
how I noticed the resources still being used). It seems that even
after I completely disconnected the ssh login, there is a lingering
process hanging around:

[root at localhost ~]# ps waux |grep user
user 3046  0.0  0.2  38604  2876 ?        Ssl  Oct21   0:00
/usr/libexec/bonobo-activation-server --ac-activate --ior-output-fd=16

That is keeping some files open:

[root at localhost ~]# lsof |grep user
bonobo-ac 3046      user  cwd       DIR        8,2     4096          2 /
bonobo-ac 3046      user  rtd       DIR        8,2     4096          2 /
bonobo-ac 3046      user  txt       REG        8,2    99844     313588
/usr/libexec/bonobo-activation-server
bonobo-ac 3046      user  mem       REG        8,2   259028     213023
/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.1200.13
bonobo-ac 3046      user  mem       REG        8,2    50840     213032
/lib/libnss_files-2.6.so
bonobo-ac 3046      user  mem       REG        8,2   129716     213043
/lib/libpthread-2.6.so
bonobo-ac 3046      user  mem       REG        8,2    44052     213049
/lib/librt-2.6.so
bonobo-ac 3046      user  mem       REG        8,2    16564     213059
/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0.1200.13
bonobo-ac 3046      user  mem       REG        8,2  1254560     313107
/usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.29
bonobo-ac 3046      user  mem       REG        8,2   129824     213010
/lib/ld-2.6.so
bonobo-ac 3046      user  mem       REG        8,2  1673804     213017
/lib/libc-2.6.so
bonobo-ac 3046      user  mem       REG        8,2   216536     213025
/lib/libm-2.6.so
bonobo-ac 3046      user  mem       REG        8,2    20660     213027
/lib/libdl-2.6.so
bonobo-ac 3046      user  mem       REG        8,2    74676     213033
/lib/libz.so.1.2.3
bonobo-ac 3046      user  mem       REG        8,2   647764     213021
/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.1200.13
bonobo-ac 3046      user  mem       REG        8,2    11320     213031
/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0.1200.13
bonobo-ac 3046      user  mem       REG        8,2   357704     324983
/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0.1.0
bonobo-ac 3046      user  mem       REG        8,2    23120     324994
/usr/lib/libORBitCosNaming-2.so.0.1.0
bonobo-ac 3046      user  mem       REG        8,2    92756     324995
/usr/lib/libbonobo-activation.so.4.0.0
bonobo-ac 3046      user  mem       REG        8,2   409472     324996
/usr/lib/libbonobo-2.so.0.0.0
bonobo-ac 3046      user  mem       REG        8,2 65179696     312403
/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive
bonobo-ac 3046      user    0u      CHR        1,3                1801 /dev/null
bonobo-ac 3046      user    1u      CHR        1,3                1801 /dev/null
bonobo-ac 3046      user    2u      CHR        1,3                1801 /dev/null
bonobo-ac 3046      user    4r     FIFO        0,6               14937 pipe
bonobo-ac 3046      user    5w     FIFO        0,6               14937 pipe
bonobo-ac 3046      user    6r     FIFO        0,6               14938 pipe
bonobo-ac 3046      user    7w     FIFO        0,6               14938 pipe
bonobo-ac 3046      user    8r     FIFO        0,6               14939 pipe
bonobo-ac 3046      user    9w     FIFO        0,6               14939 pipe
bonobo-ac 3046      user   10r     FIFO        0,6               14940 pipe
bonobo-ac 3046      user   11w     FIFO        0,6               14940 pipe
bonobo-ac 3046      user   12r     FIFO        0,6               14941 pipe
bonobo-ac 3046      user   13w     FIFO        0,6               14941 pipe
bonobo-ac 3046      user   14u     unix 0xeba4a000               15098
/tmp/orbit-user/linc-be6-0-bf57720c1866

Is this typical?
On my machine it is not a big deal since I am one a few users on it
and it is rebooted semi-frequently but I could see how this might add
up to be a problem on a heavily multi-user box. Maybe it clears out as
soon as someone else logs in. I don't know. I just wanted to flag this
observation and get an expert opinion just in case it was a real
problem.

/Mike