Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 21:14:26 -0800 (PST) From: spam maps <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: User's cron job creates zombie process on 5.3 Message-ID: <20050120051426.3627.qmail@web54002.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <200501191927.LAA07487@mina.soco.agilent.com>
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--- Darryl Okahata <darrylo@soco.agilent.com> wrote:
> Raymond Wiker <Raymond.Wiker@fast.no> wrote:
>
> > Hmm... Maybe this will work?
> >
> > /bin/sh -c "/usr/bin/ssh -n -f ${tunnel}
> &"
> >
> > --- the effect of this should (hopefully) be that
> init becomes the
> > parent of the zombie process.
>
> An easier-to-read way, assuming that a
> Bourne-compatible shell is
> used (e.g., /bin/sh and not /bin/csh), would be:
>
> ( /usr/bin/ssh -n -f ${tunnel} & )
Alas, no success. Still get the <defunct> zombie
process.
I actually wonder if this is an odd or buggy behaviour
of ssh, or is cron making a mistake here?
Leaving a zombie process around, means there's a kind
of bug/mistake somewhere, right?
Regards,
Rob.
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