Hi, Alain;
DEFUNCT process is a zombie process, i.e. the process that has torn off
from the terminal so you cannot control it (you may have seen the
message "no such process id" or whatsoever when attempting to kill it).
As far as I know there is no other way to kill it than killing its
parent or rebooting the box (when the parent is init).

Regards,
Vladimir.



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> Odesílatel: Alain Menezes[SMTP:a.menezes AT CGER DOT BE]
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> Předmět:  DEFUNCT process
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> Can anyone tell me what a DEFUNCT process is exactly. Is there anyway
> other than a reboot to kill the process ?
> Thanks
> 
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