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- From: yzarn@lhdsy1.lahabra.chevron.com (Philip Yzarn de Louraille)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
- Subject: Re: can't "kill -9" processes on Ultrix/RISC
- Message-ID: <8291@lhdsy1.lahabra.chevron.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 02:11:57 GMT
- References: <JOY8ZMC@gwdu03.gwdg.de>
- Organization: Chevron Oil Field Research, La Habra, CA.
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- In article <JOY8ZMC@gwdu03.gwdg.de> moeller@gwdgv1.gwdg.de writes:
- >Maybe someone in this group has seen it before:
- >
- >On Ultrix/RISC 4.2A we often find processes that
- >can't be killed (by root, "kill -9") - short of a reboot.
- >
- >Is this expected behaviour under some circumstances?
- >
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- Yes, if the process has been swapped out to disk and is not recalled.
- The problem is why isn't the process recalled?
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