On 04Dec2008 13:02, Dave Feustel <dfeustel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | I am as of this morning seeing lots of defunct ksh shells in my | ps list. [...] | Process list It would be more helpful to do a "ps axf", which will show you their parent. A default process is an exited process whose parent has not yet wait()ed for it, so the parent is the culprit. BTW, is this a GUI or text mode login? -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Carpe Daemon - Seize the Background Process - Paul Tomblin <ab401@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
