Zombie Processes

[Chadley Wilson]

On Monday, 4 October 2004 05:34, Thomas E. Dukes wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
> > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Geoffrey
> > Kransdorf
> > Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 11:23 PM
> > To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> > Subject: Re: Zombie Processes
> >
> > >>> On Sun, 2004-10-03 at 19:13, Thomas E. Dukes wrote:
> > >>>> > Hello,
> > >>>> >
> > >>>> > I have several zombie processes but don't know how to
> >
> > determine
> >
> > >>>> > who they belong to.  I have 3 each of [c++filt] and
> > >>>
> > >>> [addr2line].  They won't kill.
> > >>>
> > >>>> > TIA
> > >>>
> > >>> Have you tried Kill -9 ?
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Yes, it didn't kill it (them).  I'd like to find out whats causing
> > > them as well.  Has to be something broken.  I can reboot
> >
> > and they are
> >
> > > there as fast as I can login and do a ps ax.
> >
> > You can't kill a Zombie process--it's already dead (hence the
> > cute name).  You need to identify the parent process that's
> > spawning them and kill that, after which they will get an
> > init 8 and exit.
> >
> > Try a ps -AT (all processes, threaded), to see if you can
> > figure out the parent that's spawning them.
>
Try pstree as well :-)
> Thanks,
>
> I think its tomcat.  If I stop tomcat, they disappear.

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Chadley Wilson
Redhat Certified Technician 
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Pinnacle Micro
Manufacturers of Proline Computers
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