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From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Chris Byrnes <chris@awww.jeah.net>
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Subject: Re: Process wont be killed.
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In-Reply-To: <200012060702.eB672tZ44601@awww.jeah.net>; from chris@awww.jeah.net on Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 01:02:55AM -0600
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On Wednesday,  6 December 2000 at  1:02:55 -0600, Chris Byrnes wrote:
> chris         27194  0.0  0.0     0    0  p1- IEs   7:57PM   0:00.08 -bash (bash)
>
> I can't kill this process, even as root.  Any idea how to fix the
> problem?

As others have pointed out, the process is trying to exit.  What does
ps lp27194 say?  The wchan field will tell you where it's waiting.

Greg
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