Use a traditional UNIX commands t determine whether a Linux endpoint is active. At a command prompt, enter the following:
ps axf | grep endpoint
If the endpoint program is running, you will see output similar to the following:
366 p0 S 0:00 \_ /usr/local/NetIQ/endpoint 367 p0 S 0:00 | \_ /usr/local/NetIQ/endpoint 368 p0 S 0:00 | \_/usr/local/NetIQ/endpoint 369 p0 S 0:00 | \_ /usr/local/NetIQ/endpoint