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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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