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    zombie processes increased

    Last 2 days, number of zombie processes at same time increased.

    And all of them are "httpd <defunct>"

    In one second there are 5-15 zombie processes.

    Is it a problem? Can you explain the condition?

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    What OS?
    What web server version/release?

    More information would be helpful!

    -JDB

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    If httpd is causing load on the server, Then you may need to check the apache status and find out which of the sites is causing problem.
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    Some php/perl worms disguise by naming themselves httpd - try running `ps aux` to see wether this zombies are really apache.
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    centos 4, apache 1.3.33

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    IIRC a zombie process is a process that has been killed but its 'essence' still exists? If that is the case then you have nothing to worry about, the parent process has yet to have removed it from the process table.

    On the other hand (Though I have no experience in this as of yet) coolwebserve could be correct in saying it is a process disguising its self. If that is the case try:

    # ps auxZ | grep 'Z'

    And have a look to see if the process is using any resources. If the command has <defunct> next to it I would think you're safe.
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    Check your cron. Maybe you have some irc expolits which need to restart apache to apply some changes.

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