hi folks, sorry to take up your time for this newbieish question but just could not hold on this one. what is the difference between defunct and a zombie process ? is there any difference at all ? thanx sumit ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Mobile: Download the latest polyphonic ringtones. Go to http://in.mobile.yahoo.com -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/