On 2/19/2011 6:05 PM, Jon Grant wrote: > Hello > > I would like to use the "kill" command supplied by util-linux to kill a > defunct process. I wonder if this is something not supported with the > kernel currently. (Linux note 2.6.35-25-generic-pae #44-Ubuntu SMP Fri > Jan 21 19:01:46 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux). > > Currently util-linux's kill, and others can't stop this process. I need > to reboot A zombie process is already dead, so there is nothing to kill. It remains in the zombie state until its parent process reads its exit status. If that isn't happening, then there is something wrong with its parent process. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
