> Uhm, does not look like I made your day .... No, I was complaining about Sun Support employees not knowoing about Zombie processes. It's not something that's focused on in books, but someone who works support at Sun should know better.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# ps aux | grep 27440 > root 27440 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 07:38 0:00 > [linksysmon-watc <defunct>] ps -ef showns parents (PPID column), and ps afx shows it in an actual process tree. > I now understand why it cannot be killed since it is already dead. > > Just for education purposes; however, how do I find the zombie's parent > processes to kill them? See above Jon -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list