>>>>> "Otto" == Otto Moerbeek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Otto> zombie state happend if a child process exits, but its parent did not Otto> execute a wait(2) system call (or one if its alternatives) for the Otto> process (yet). So this seem a bug in the handling of CGIs. Most likely a bug in a Perl script that forks but doesn't wait for its kid. I generally *don't* see zombies in well-written Perl programs. Was this FastCGI by any chance? I know there's unique problems related to that for naive code that creates a child, because the parent never goes away (since it's shared by the next series of CGI hits). But again, with proper care, even a FastCGI script can be written properly. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!
