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SubjectRe: Unkillable process under 2.1.131
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Michael K Vance wrote:
|
| Hello,
|
| I have an unkillable process. 'ps au':
|
| root 221 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 Z 08:38 0:00 (xscreensaver
| <zombie>)
^^^^^^^^
|
\_

| Attempts to 'kill 221' and 'kill -9 221' have failed. Am I missing something
| here?

Yes. Please see above.

Seriously, from the BSD manpage:

When printing using the command keyword, a process that has exited and
has a parent that has not yet waited for the process (in other words, a
zombie) is listed as ``<defunct>'', and a process which is blocked while
trying to exit is listed as ``<exiting>''.

Get the parent to exit and it may go away. If it doesn't, no big
deal, it no longer exists and does not actually use any resources.

--msa

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Majdi Abbas <abbas@cdtelecom.com> Caped Crusader
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