Re: init and defunct process cleanup

2002-01-29 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 10:54:43AM -0800, Net Llama wrote: > > --- Tim Wunder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Net Llama wrote: > > > My understanding is that defunct processes are zombies, and can't be > > > cleaned up with a reboot. > > > > Do you mean can't be cleaned up *without* a reboot? > >

Re: init and defunct process cleanup

2002-01-28 Thread Kurt Wall
On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 13:12:42 -0500 "Douglas J Hunley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a process or two that are listed as and are owned by > init. It was my understanding that these types of processes would get > init as their parent, and periodically init would scan its children > and remov

Re: init and defunct process cleanup

2002-01-28 Thread Net Llama
--- Tim Wunder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Net Llama wrote: > > My understanding is that defunct processes are zombies, and can't be > > cleaned up with a reboot. > > Do you mean can't be cleaned up *without* a reboot? > Under AIX, defuncts process can only be cleaned up by a reboot, AFAIK. Ye

Re: init and defunct process cleanup

2002-01-28 Thread Tim Wunder
Net Llama wrote: > My understanding is that defunct processes are zombies, and can't be > cleaned up with a reboot. Do you mean can't be cleaned up *without* a reboot? Under AIX, defuncts process can only be cleaned up by a reboot, AFAIK. Tim ___ L

Re: init and defunct process cleanup

2002-01-28 Thread Bill Campbell
On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 10:18:53AM -0800, Net Llama wrote: >My understanding is that defunct processes are zombies, and can't be >cleaned up with a reboot. Anything can be cleared with a reboot. Zombie processes are generally children that have been forked from a parent process where the child p

Re: init and defunct process cleanup

2002-01-28 Thread Net Llama
My understanding is that defunct processes are zombies, and can't be cleaned up with a reboot. --- Douglas J Hunley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a process or two that are listed as and are owned by > init. > It was my understanding that these types of processes would get init > as their

init and defunct process cleanup

2002-01-28 Thread Douglas J Hunley
I have a process or two that are listed as and are owned by init. It was my understanding that these types of processes would get init as their parent, and periodically init would scan its children and remove the defunct ones. These processes seem to be hanging around. They don't respond to kil