Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site imsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!umcp-cs!cvl!elsie!imsvax!harris From: harris@imsvax.UUCP (Harris Reavin) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: killing zombies Message-ID: <368@imsvax.UUCP> Date: Sun, 11-Aug-85 13:13:46 EDT Article-I.D.: imsvax.368 Posted: Sun Aug 11 13:13:46 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Aug-85 04:07:18 EDT Organization: IMS Inc, Rockville MD Lines: 20 (bug food) 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. -- Harris Reavin UUCP: {umcp-cs!eneevax || seismo!rlgvax!elsie}!imsvax!harris