Hi again, I'm facing this problem for long. Why do processes start to add in the list like following: >>>>>>ps -ax |grep Z 15611 ? Z 0:00 [awk <defunct>] 15645 ? Z 0:00 [hostname <defunct>] 15647 ? Z 0:00 [hostname <defunct>] 2034 ? Z 0:00 [awk <defunct>] 2041 ? Z 0:00 [mktemp <defunct>] 5542 ? Z 0:00 [chown <defunct>] 7474 ? Z 0:00 [sh <defunct>] 7477 ? Z 0:00 [hostname <defunct>] 7481 ? Z 0:00 [sh <defunct>] 7484 ? Z 0:00 [hostname <defunct>] 18934 ? Z 0:00 [awk <defunct>] 727 ? Z 0:00 [awk <defunct>] 6081 ? Z 0:00 [sh <defunct>] 6084 ? Z 0:00 [hostname <defunct>] 6117 ? Z 0:00 [sh <defunct>] 6120 ? Z 0:00 [hostname <defunct>] 6132 ? Z 0:00 [sh <defunct>] 6135 ? Z 0:00 [hostname <defunct>] 6140 ? Z 0:00 [sh <defunct>] 6143 ? Z 0:00 [hostname <defunct>] 6150 ? Z 0:00 [sh <defunct>] 6153 ? Z 0:00 [hostname <defunct>] 6180 ? Z 0:00 [sh <defunct>] 6183 ? Z 0:00 [hostname <defunct>] 6187 ? Z 0:00 [sh <defunct>] 6190 ? Z 0:00 [hostname <defunct>] 6194 ? Z 0:00 [sh <defunct>] 6197 ? Z 0:00 [hostname <defunct>] 6223 ? Z 0:00 [sh <defunct>] 6226 ? Z 0:00 [hostname <defunct>] 6228 ? Z 0:00 [sh <defunct>] 6231 ? Z 0:00 [hostname <defunct>] 6281 ? Z 0:00 [sh <defunct>] 6284 ? Z 0:00 [hostname <defunct>] 6288 ? Z 0:00 [sh <defunct>] 6291 ? Z 0:00 [hostname <defunct>] 6294 ? Z 0:00 [sh <defunct>] 6297 ? Z 0:00 [hostname <defunct>] 6303 ? Z 0:00 [sh <defunct>] 6306 ? Z 0:00 [hostname <defunct>] 6311 ? Z 0:00 [sh <defunct>] 6314 ? Z 0:00 [hostname <defunct>] 6318 ? Z 0:00 [sh <defunct>] 6321 ? Z 0:00 [hostname <defunct>] 6324 ? Z 0:00 [sh <defunct>] Why does it happen, plz help me as soon as possible. It's affecting system stability badly. Thanks in advance Nitin -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subjecthttps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
