Here is what ps gives me

Code:
  PID  Uid     VmSize Stat Command
    1 admin       488 S   /sbin/init 
    2 admin           SW  [keventd]
    3 admin           SWN [ksoftirqd_CPU0]
    4 admin           SW  [kswapd]
    5 admin           SW  [bdflush]
    6 admin           SW  [kupdated]
    7 admin           SW  [mtdblockd]
   40 admin       300 S   telnetd 
   45 admin       384 S   httpd eth1 
   49 admin       356 S   syslogd -m 0 -O /tmp/syslog.log -S -l 7 
   50 admin       316 S   klogd 
   53 nobody      428 S   dnsmasq 
   58 admin           SW  [khubd]
   73 admin       244 S   lpd 
   75 admin       236 S   p9100d -f /dev/usb/lp0 0 
   77 admin       236 S   p9101d -f /dev/printers/0 1 
   80 admin       332 S   waveservermain 
   83 admin       348 S   rcamdmain 
   90 admin       376 S   httpd eth1 7776 
   92 admin           SW  [usb-storage-0]
   93 admin           SW  [scsi_eh_0]
   98 admin       304 S   infosvr br0 
  100 admin       452 S   watchdog 
  105 admin       328 S   ntp 
  126 admin       388 S   udhcpc -i eth1 -p /var/run/udhcpc0.pid -s /tmp/udhcpc
  153 admin       376 S   stupid-ftpd 
  156 admin       364 S   busybox_httpd -p 81 -u 0 -h /tmp/harddisk/web 
  157 admin       652 S   /usr/sbin/nmbd -D 
  159 admin       604 S   /usr/sbin/smbd -D 
  165 admin       432 S   upnp -D -L br0 -W eth1 
  167 admin       512 S   -sh 
  170 admin      1444 R   rcamd -p 7777 -s 0 -z MET-1METDST -a 0 -t 0 -r 0 -f 3
  171 admin      1444 S   rcamd -p 7777 -s 0 -z MET-1METDST -a 0 -t 0 -r 0 -f 3
  172 admin      1444 S   rcamd -p 7777 -s 0 -z MET-1METDST -a 0 -t 0 -r 0 -f 3
  177 admin      1020 S   /usr/sbin/smbd -D 
  178 admin       372 R   ps
the question is : why?