Paul Sack wrote:
>
> How do I kill zombie processes?
> ps -aux reports:
> ...
> root 350 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 21:06 0:00 (sh
><zombie>)
> ...
>
> i tried kill -9 350 as root and it doesn't kill it. or should i just
> ignore it as it is taking no proc time or memory.
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The only problem with a zombie is that it takes up a slot in the
process table thus
looks bad. It takes no memory and no processor. Under normal
circumstances it can
be ignored until next rebood, then it will go away.
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