Re: Zombie process using pppd

1999-09-10 Thread Laurent PICOULEAU
On Fri, 10 Sep, 1999 à 04:53:19AM +0200, shaul wrote: > > > > Is there a way to determine the neglecting parent of a zombi ? Such as to be > > able to kill the parent if it's not a necessary program and letting init > > inherits the zombi process. > > > > Doesn't 'ps l' displays the Parent Proce

Re: Zombie process using pppd

1999-09-10 Thread shaul
> > Is there a way to determine the neglecting parent of a zombi ? Such as to be > able to kill the parent if it's not a necessary program and letting init > inherits the zombi process. > Doesn't 'ps l' displays the Parent Process ID (PPID) ?

Re: Zombie process using pppd

1999-09-09 Thread Peter Ross
On 09-Sep-1999, Marcin Owsiany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 08, 1999 at 09:47:19PM +0200, Laurent PICOULEAU wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Wed, 08 Sep, 1999 ? 08:30:35AM -0400, Mark Buda wrote: > > > > "Alex" == Alex V Toropov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > Alex> In what s

Re: Zombie process using pppd

1999-09-09 Thread Marcin Owsiany
On Wed, Sep 08, 1999 at 09:47:19PM +0200, Laurent PICOULEAU wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, 08 Sep, 1999 ? 08:30:35AM -0400, Mark Buda wrote: > > > "Alex" == Alex V Toropov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Alex> In what situation process becomes Zombie ? > > > > When a process exits, it can

Re: Zombie process using pppd

1999-09-08 Thread Laurent PICOULEAU
Hi, On Wed, 08 Sep, 1999 à 08:30:35AM -0400, Mark Buda wrote: > > "Alex" == Alex V Toropov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Alex> In what situation process becomes Zombie ? > > When a process exits, it can return an exit status code to its parent > process. The parent process retrieves th

Re: Zombie process using pppd

1999-09-08 Thread Mark Buda
> "Alex" == Alex V Toropov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Alex> In what situation process becomes Zombie ? When a process exits, it can return an exit status code to its parent process. The parent process retrieves this exit status code by invoking the wait() system call. A zombie process is

Zombie process using pppd

1999-09-08 Thread Alex V. Toropov
Hi, all ! I'm using my linux-box as dail-in server using mgetty + pppd. I have an auth-up script, which stores new connection info in file. Everything works OK usually, but some times this hungs. In "ps afx" I see something like 1500 ? S pppd 1503 ? Z \ (auth-up) My question is : In w