Can I change a process's PPID?

No, you cannot change a process's Parent Process ID (PPID) in a Unix-like operating system. The PPID is assigned by the operating system when a process is created, and it reflects the process that initiated it.

Once a process is running, its PPID remains fixed and cannot be altered. If you need to run a process under a different parent, you would typically need to terminate the current process and start a new one from the desired parent process.

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