Zombie Processes

[Geoffrey Kransdorf]

>>> 
>>> On Sun, 2004-10-03 at 19:13, Thomas E. Dukes wrote:
>>
>>>> > Hello,
>>>> > 
>>>> > I have several zombie processes but don't know how to determine who 
>>>> > they belong to.  I have 3 each of [c++filt] and 
>>
>>> [addr2line].  They won't kill.
>>
>>>> > 
>>>> > TIA
>>
>>> Have you tried Kill -9 ?
>>> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Yes, it didn't kill it (them).  I'd like to find out whats causing them as
> well.  Has to be something broken.  I can reboot and they are there as fast
> as I can login and do a ps ax.
> 

You can't kill a Zombie process--it's already dead (hence the cute 
name).  You need to identify the parent process that's spawning them and 
kill that, after which they will get an init 8 and exit.

Try a ps -AT (all processes, threaded), to see if you can figure out the 
parent that's spawning them.