Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site foxvax5.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!cybvax0!foxvax5!dbr From: dbr@foxvax5.UUCP (D. B. Robinson ) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: fork timing hole and runaway children Message-ID: <110@foxvax5.UUCP> Date: Thu, 22-Aug-85 10:50:34 EDT Article-I.D.: foxvax5.110 Posted: Thu Aug 22 10:50:34 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 18:21:32 EDT References: <541@unisoft.UUCP> <671@cyb-eng.UUCP> <546@unisoft.UUCP> <356@rti-sel.UUCP> Reply-To: dbr@foxvax5.UUCP (D. B. Robinson (Douglas)) Distribution: net Organization: Foxboro Company, Inc., Foxboro, MA 02035 Lines: 10 Keywords: renice, 4.2BSD Summary: Use 'renice' on 4.2 BSD systems to give yourself more time... ---- You could try to use 'renice' if you are running a 4.2 BSD system. This is the way I fixed a similar situation. Find the username of the user who started the runnaway, and then type (as root): renice +20 -u username This should cause all of the little beasties (including the user's shell) to go to sleep on most active systems. You then can do the killing at a little less hectic pace.