From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 22 09:36:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA04295 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 09:36:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from marlin.corp.gulf.net (root@marlinpgw.corp.gulf.net [198.69.72.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA04211 for ; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 09:36:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tbackman@corp.gulf.net) Received: from marlin.corp.gulf.net (tbackman@marlin.corp.gulf.net [206.105.61.2]) by marlin.corp.gulf.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA21053; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 11:34:49 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 11:34:49 -0500 (CDT) From: Todd Backman To: The Classiest Man Alive cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: runaway processes In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Does kill -9 work? On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, 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 > 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. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > ===================================================================== Todd Backman (tbackman@corp.gulf.net) Network Engineering Team Leader Systems/POP Administration Gulf Coast Internet Company 1-800-444-INET To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message