On Wed, Mar 30, 2022, 13:30 Greg Wooledge <g...@wooledge.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 07:40:22AM +0200, Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev wrote:
> > i do
> >
> > wpa_supplicant -i"$if" -c<( printf %s\\n \
> > 'network={' "ssid=\"$ssid\"" "psk=\"$pass\"" '}'
> > ) &
> > { sleep 3 ; dhclient "$if" ; } &
> >
> > which is simply wpa_supplicant -iiface -c<( conf file printing )
> >
> > it since years resuts in such : i think before it said printf defuncted
> >
> >
> > root 1528 0.0 0.0 12388 8656 ? S 07:19 0:01
> > wpa_supplicant -iwlo1 -c/dev/fd/63
> > root 1530 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 07:19 0:00 \_
> > [3.wpa] <defunct>
>
> Whatever ps command you're using here isn't showing the parent process
> ID. You'll need the parent PID to know which program isn't cleaning
> up its defunct children (zombies).
>
> The "-f" (SysV-ish) option to Linux's ps command will show it:
>
i seem not to have it, f was for tree shitt
ill see when i get to laptop
> unicorn:~$ ps -fp $$
> UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD
> greg 999 981 0 Mar26 pts/3 00:00:00 bash
>
> You appear to be using the "f" (BSD-ish) option which shows processes
> in a tree-like structure, but I can't tell from your pasted excerpt
> whether wpa_supplicant is actually the parent of the zombie, due to
> the lack of the PPID field.
>
> If it turns out that wpa_supplicant is the parent, then that's the
> responsible party, and that's where you should send your bug reports.
>
>
