[ILUG] [OT] defunct process ?

[Ruairi Newman]

What is that parent process?

Try stopping & starting it if feasible, that sometimes fixes the defunct
process problems with vold on Solaris 2.6 when they occur.

R.


Declan Grady wrote:
> 
> {A bit OT as it's on a unix box, not linux.}
> 
> What in under god is a 'defunct' process ?
> 
> On my sco5 box, if i do a 'ps -deaf' i get a number of processes listed as
> 'defunct'
> All have the same parent id, and same owner (root), but no tty and no time
> i.e.
> 
> root at nuvotem# ps -deaf
>      UID   PID  PPID  C    STIME     TTY        TIME CMD
>    root 19616   341  0        -       -    00:00:00 <defunct>
> 
> I did try  a 'kill -9 19616' as root, but doesnt seem to want to die !
> 
> Any suggestions most welcome
> 
> Declan
> [NODIS]
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