Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Unkillable process under 2.1.131 | Date | Mon, 7 Dec 1998 14:28:35 -0500 (EST) | From | "Majdi Abbas" <> |
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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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