topic Re: kill -9 does not kill??? in Operating System - HP-UX

kill -9 does not kill???

dhanish — Wed, 23 Jan 2002 12:09:17 GMT

Hi,
I am trying to kill one process but it is not getting killed using kill -9 .In hp can we kill these processes which are not getting killed forcibly by any means???

thnks

Re: kill -9 does not kill???

Mervyn Stephens — Wed, 23 Jan 2002 12:16:08 GMT

If you do not require it you could try killing the parent process as well.

Re: kill -9 does not kill???

George_Dodds — Wed, 23 Jan 2002 12:19:51 GMT

What application does the proc belong to?
With some apps -9 wont work

Re: kill -9 does not kill???

George_Dodds — Wed, 23 Jan 2002 12:22:45 GMT

ITO procs require kill -11 to bump em off!

Re: kill -9 does not kill???

Steve Steel — Wed, 23 Jan 2002 12:22:55 GMT

Hi

A process that has exited and has a parent, but has not yet been
waited for by the parent, is marked (see zombie process in
exit(2)).

Similarly, defunct processes (see ps(1)) may have already finished
executing, but remain on the system until their parent reaps them
(see wait(2)). Using kill to send signals to them has no effect.

Steve Steel

Re: kill -9 does not kill???

dhanish — Wed, 23 Jan 2002 12:25:06 GMT

Hi ,
Its a gdb process and i hav eseen earlier also smtimes the processes does not get get kill using -9.So do have some directory in HP like in solarais /proc where you can go and delete the process file/dir then the corresponding process will be killed.

thnks

Re: kill -9 does not kill???

David Navarro — Wed, 23 Jan 2002 12:30:25 GMT

Hi, no, you haven't any similar.
Some times, some processes hangs and you need to reboot machine.I don't know if there are another way to do that, any command or some hint.

David.

Re: kill -9 does not kill???

James R. Ferguson — Wed, 23 Jan 2002 12:36:39 GMT

Hi:

Neither zombies nor processes waiting on IO can be killed. Patience or a reboot is the only way to eliminate them.

Regards!

...JRF...