Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 7 Dec 1998 20:29:23 +0100 | From | Lenart Gabor <> | Subject | Re: Unkillable process under 2.1.131 |
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On Mon, Dec 07, 1998 at 10:02:18AM -0500, Michael K Vance wrote: > Hello, > > I have an unkillable process. 'ps au': > > root 221 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 Z 08:38 0:00 (xscreensaver > <zombie>) > > Attempts to 'kill 221' and 'kill -9 221' have failed. Am I missing something > here?
You don't kill a zombie process. Try to kill its parent process.
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