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Date:      Wed, 22 Jul 1998 21:04:01 -0400
From:      Leo Papandreou <leo@talcom.net>
To:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: runaway processes
Message-ID:  <19980722210401.03065@supersex.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.980722102826.5085D-100000@shell1.cybercom.net>; from The Classiest Man Alive on Wed, Jul 22, 1998 at 10:33:03AM -0400
References:  <Pine.BSI.3.95.980722102826.5085D-100000@shell1.cybercom.net>

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On Wed, Jul 22, 1998 at 10:33:03AM -0400, The Classiest Man Alive wrote:
> Is there any way to kill a runaway user process that seems impervious to
> the "kill" command?  In particular, the latest versions of Netscape

kill -9

9 as in inverted deep six 

> Communicator seem prone to running rampant, leaving behind processes that
> consume 90+ percent of the CPU even after the program has been exited.
> 
> This is a 2.2.6-RELEASE system.  The process is started as a user, but I
> can get root access if necessary.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> K.S.
> 
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