A systems administrator suspects a process with a PID of 2864 is consuming resources at an alarming rate. The administrator uses the command renice -n -5 -p2864 , but it does not solve the issue. Which of the following commands should the administrator execute to correct the issue?
A) nice -n 5 -p 2864
B) nice -n -5 -p 2864
C) renice -n 10 -p 2864
D) renice -n -10 -p 2864

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The command `renice -n 10 -p 2864` increases the nice value, which lowers the priority of the process, reducing its resource consumption.

A Systems Administrator Suspects a Process with a PID of 2864