On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 01:15:36PM +0800, Pablo Manalastas wrote: > Quoting Ariz Jacinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > manny wrote: > > > > > Eh? Won't a kill -9 <PID> do? I've been doing that > > > all the time. Never had to reboot. > > > > yep, it wont. > > Now I am truly confused. What does > > "yep, it wont" > > mean? I know this is perfectly acceptable to us Pinoys > and we are supposed to know what it means. But it still > bothers me. Which of these two do you really mean? > > 1. Yes, a "kill -9 PID" would do. > 2. No, a "kill -9 PID" would not do.
Without knowing what he meant, I can tell you that "kill -9" will definitely have no effect on a zombie. Read the rest of this thread for details. Michael -- Michael Darrin Chaney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.michaelchaney.com/ -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
