Linux servers spawning processes

[Dashers 0]

I've got an odd problem, when I start a (1.96) OFP server on one of my servers it spawns mutilple, apparently identical processes. I'm using the default 'ofpserver' script with a modification for the other library's needed for the server.

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2685 pts/0 S 0:00 /bin/bash /home/etadmin/flashpoint/ofpserver watchdog

2689 pts/0 S 0:05 /usr/local/games/flashpoint/server -server -config=/usr/local/games/flashpoint/server.cfg -port=2302 -pid=/usr/local/games/flashpoint/ofp_server.2302.pid

2696 pts/0 S 0:00 /usr/local/games/flashpoint/server -server -config=/usr/local/games/flashpoint/server.cfg -port=2302 -pid=/usr/local/games/flashpoint/ofp_server.2302.pid

2697 pts/0 S 0:00 /usr/local/games/flashpoint/server -server -config=/usr/local/games/flashpoint/server.cfg -port=2302 -pid=/usr/local/games/flashpoint/ofp_server.2302.pid

2698 pts/0 S 0:00 /usr/local/games/flashpoint/server -server -config=/usr/local/games/flashpoint/server.cfg -port=2302 -pid=/usr/local/games/flashpoint/ofp_server.2302.pid

2699 pts/0 S 0:00 /usr/local/games/flashpoint/server -server -config=/usr/local/games/flashpoint/server.cfg -port=2302 -pid=/usr/local/games/flashpoint/ofp_server.2302.pid

2700 pts/0 S 0:00 /usr/local/games/flashpoint/server -server -config=/usr/local/games/flashpoint/server.cfg -port=2302 -pid=/usr/local/games/flashpoint/ofp_server.2302.pid

Running on SuSE 9 [kernel: 2.4.21]

Does anybody have any idea why this is happening, and how to stop it?

[Dashers 0]

On futher investigation it will happen even if the server is just run plain (i.e. ./server)

I thought it was the script initially, but apparently not.

[kegetys 2]

They are child processes of the server (run 'ps f' to see the process tree) and its normal to have them.