<defunct> LAT-started processes

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• Subject: <defunct> LAT-started processes
• From: "John K. Peterson" <jkpeters@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 03 Dec 1996 14:18:17 -0700 (MST)
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We recently upgraded from 3.2g to 4.0a on an Alpha 2100.

We have a program that logs people out if they are idle by sending a HUP
signal to the session leader (as reported in utmp).  This worked great
under DU3.2g.  Now, sometimes the processes thus killed are not reaped,
leaving <defunct> processes around and an stale entry in utmp.  The
processes' parent is 1 (init).

Anyone experience anything similar or have any ideas?  Could init be
missing the SIGCHLD signal or something?

John Peterson -- University Networking Services -- Brigham Young University
Internet: John_Peterson@xxxxxxx                       Phone: (801) 378-5007

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