Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ssmtp
It seems that after installing ssmtp, cron process result in zombie processes. root 14693 0.0 0.0 91236 1660 ? S Feb05 0:00 \_ CRON root 14694 0.0 0.0 91244 1160 ? S Feb05 0:00 | \_ CRON woodnt 14696 0.0 0.0 50152 2800 ? S Feb05 0:00 | \_ /usr/sbin/sendmail -i -FCronDaemon -oem woodnt over and over again If I have MAILTO="" set, then I get this: root 1446 0.0 0.0 18708 996 ? Ss 18:48 0:00 cron root 3631 0.0 0.0 91236 2188 ? S 18:56 0:00 \_ CRON root 3632 0.0 0.0 91240 1264 ? S 18:56 0:00 | \_ CRON woodnt 3633 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Zs 18:56 0:00 | \_ [sh] <defunct> Repeated ad nauseum Only thing than kills the process tree is to restart the cron daemon. I have purged ssmtp and reinstalled bsd-mailx which installed postfix as the MTA and that didn't fix anything. Not sure where the true fault is (cron or ssmtp) This seems to be a different but, but has some similarities to bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/137785 Thanks, Narnie ** Affects: ssmtp (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Installing ssmtp seems to break cron package https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/520228 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
