Zombie Processes

[Charles Heselton]

On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 10:16:31 +0200, Chadley Wilson <chadley at pinteq.co.za> wrote:
> 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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I've always liked 'ps -efauxw'.  ;)
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Charlie Heselton
Network Security Engineer