> -----Original Message----- > From: debian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 2:33 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: kill someone logged on > > > On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 02:34:18PM -0400, Mike Kuhar wrote: > > > who -uH > > > > Will give all that the system thinks is logged in, plus their PID. > > who -uH > > NAME LINE TIME IDLE PID COMMENT > alice :0 Sep 6 17:25 ? 1010 > joe pts/2 Sep 7 13:40 ? 29102 (xxxxxx > > then kill -9 29102 gives: > > -su: kill: (29102) - No such process > > Perhaps this is one of those zombie process thingamajigs ! > > thanks > > Joe >
Since you know the PID, you can also double check with: ps -ef | grep 29102 It's not a zombie. who reads the wtmp file. If the process was terminated without updating /var/log/wtmp, then who will show what you see without actually having the associated process. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]