On Wed, 2002-07-24 at 22:45, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, Jose Vicente Nunez Zuleta wrote: > > > root 30439 1 0 Jul19 ? 00:00:01 /usr/bin/updatedb -f NFS,SMBFS,N > > root 951 1 0 Jul20 ? 00:00:01 /usr/bin/updatedb -f NFS,SMBFS,N > > root 3886 1 0 Jul21 ? 00:00:01 /usr/bin/updatedb -f NFS,SMBFS,N > > root 13318 1 0 Jul22 ? 00:00:01 /usr/bin/updatedb -f NFS,SMBFS,N > > > > I tried killing them (even with -9) but they are still there :( > > Run pstree or "ps -ax --forest" to see what process owns those updatedb > processes. My guess is it will be cron. You can simply try restarting your > cron daemon if that's the case.
Killing the parent process is an appropriate thing if those are zombie processes, but they don't appear to be. If they've tried to open a file on a dead mount, and can't be interrupted, then only fixing the mount (or rebooting) will cause those processes to go away. _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
