If I have been informed correctly :), you need to kill their parent process before they will die. Use pstree to find it.
Derek On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 09:16:46 -0700, Ryan Byrd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > so I have a bunch(227) of processes that refuse to die. my top load > average is 232.58 currently. Here's a ps -auxww of one of those > processes: > > nagios 5574 0.0 0.3 8276 2968 ? D 09:08 0:00 > /usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_replication.php > > you'll notice that the processes are in the "D" state which seems to > indicate that they can not be interrupted. > > Anyway to kill them without rebooting? > > ideas? > > mrb .===================================. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `==================================='
