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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!gatech!news.sprintlink.net!news.cyberenet.net!twwells!bill From: bill@twwells.com (T. William Wells) Subject: Re: Zombie processes eating up CPU time (was Re: Internet Service Provider) Organization: None, Mt. Laurel, NJ Message-ID: <D95LMu.JzG@twwells.com> References: <3pqb92$lq2@pt9201.ped.pto.ford.com> <3pub0e$ppd@gate.sinica.edu.tw> <D941A5.659@twwells.com> <3q2k6c$lvn@nntp.msstate.edu> Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 21:42:30 GMT Lines: 15 In article <3q2k6c$lvn@nntp.msstate.edu>, Stormy Henderson <Stormy@GTLUG.ORG> wrote: : This person posted a general work-around for the problem, which is quite a : reasonable one (the solution, not the problem), and will definitely do the It is a *bad* solution. It requires *more* effort than any workable solution -- and will cause endless headaches as various things break. There is also a maze of administrative headaches that would have to be negotiated. : Be nice to each other... "Nice", in my book, means not offering ill-thought out and potentially dangerous "solutions" to problems. The proposed solution is both of those.