Re: [SLUG] *really* killing a process

From: Steve (steve@szmidt.org)
Date: Thu Mar 11 2004 - 08:35:52 EST


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On Thursday 11 March 2004 07:45 am, Eric Jahn wrote:
> On Thursday 11 March 2004 2:11 am, you wrote:
> > On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, Mario Lombardo wrote:
> > > I'm trying to kill the following processes, first with no flag and
> > > then with - -9
> > > They won't die. Why?
>
> I also have problems killing some zombie processes and the operating
> system doesn't self clean them up either. They're not even trying to
> access any services. This is with the 2.4 kernel, though, and perhaps
> it's been changed by now.

It's because another (mother) app is holding it in place. Kill it and the
zombie goes.
- --
Steve

"They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve
neither liberty nor safety."
                                Benjamin Franklin

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