Hi,

Anyone knows how to list and kill zombie processes
on a server?

I've got 5 zombies at my server, which I think
slow down the server.

Thanks.

bwh

kill -9

to list type "ps aux"
to kill it
type killall "name of process"

Are zombies bad? I kinda like zombies...

ps -aux

once you see the name of the program that is a zombie type

ps -aux | "grep name"

that will give you just the 1 program that is a zombie


or you can just reboot, that probably be better :)


James R. Clark II
Nethosters Inc.
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