Author:  itni 

Example in C/linux to create a _fake_ process name for an app your running. example uses "syslogd"

int main(argc, argv)
int argc;
char **argv;
{
char *p;
for (p = argv[0]; *p; p++)
*p = 0;
strcpy(argv[0], "syslogd");
(void) getchar ();
return(0);
}