Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!think!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!decwrl!ucbvax!anton From: anton@ucbvax.ARPA (Jeff Anton) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: killing zombies Message-ID: <9883@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 21:02:08 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.9883 Posted: Tue Aug 13 21:02:08 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Aug-85 21:49:31 EDT References: <368@imsvax.UUCP> Reply-To: anton@ucbvax.UUCP (Jeff Anton) Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 22 In article <368@imsvax.UUCP> harris@imsvax.UUCP (Harris Reavin) writes: > Unfortunately no unix wizard on the net had a solution for zombie >processes that disable ports and refuse to die from a "kill -9". I got >mail from a number of other system administrators who had the same problem >and asked for the solution if I found one short of rebooting. We discovered >locally a way to drive a stake through a zombie's heart that I did not >mention in the previous article. It is better than a reboot but is still a >lot of trouble. We disconnect the cable from the controller of the affected >port, change the ttys entry to turn off the port, reconnect the cable, >and reedit the ttys file to turn the port on again. This usually works. >I still hope that someone may come up with a better solution that does >not involve crawling around the back of the computer in search of the >proper cable. Have you tried 'stty 0 > /dev/ttyhung'? This usually does the trick with hung tty lines. -- C knows no bounds. Jeff Anton U.C.Berkeley ucbvax!anton anton@berkeley.ARPA