Hello, my cron.daily scripts turned to zombies everyday. I described this problem in debian-user, but didn't get any answers.
11300 ? S 0:03 /usr/sbin/cron 3390 ? SW 0:00 \_ /USR/SBIN/CRON 3393 ? SW 0:00 | \_ /bin/sh -c test -e /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily 2>&1 | mail -s "[Log] 3403 ? SW 0:00 | \_ run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily 4373 ? Z 0:00 | | \_ [man-db <defunct>] 3404 ? SW 0:00 | \_ mail -s [Log] Daily report from Maul 7789 ? SW 0:00 \_ /USR/SBIN/CRON 7792 ? SW 0:00 | \_ /bin/sh -c test -e /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily 2>&1 | mail -s "[Log] 7798 ? SW 0:00 | \_ run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily 8129 ? Z 0:00 | | \_ [exim <defunct>] 7799 ? SW 0:00 | \_ mail -s [Log] Daily report from Maul 1343 ? SW 0:00 \_ /USR/SBIN/CRON 1347 ? SW 0:00 \_ /bin/sh -c test -e /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily 2>&1 | mail -s "[Log] 1351 ? SW 0:00 \_ run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily 2541 ? Z 0:00 | \_ [find <defunct>] 1352 ? SW 0:00 \_ mail -s [Log] Daily report from Maul 1365 ? SW 0:00 \_ /USR/SBIN/CRON 1366 ? SW 0:00 \_ /bin/sh -c test -e /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily 2>&1 | mail -s "[Log] 1367 ? SW 0:00 \_ run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily 2560 ? Z 0:00 | \_ [proftpd <defunct>] 1361 ? SW 0:00 \_ mail -s [Log] Daily report from Maul ps afx output after 4 days of my vacation. cron.daily scripts are standart except backup and site_index ----------------------------------------- maul:/lib/modules# ls /etc/cron.daily/ backup calendar exim find man-db modutils netbase proftpd quota samba site_index standard sysklogd ----------------------------------------- backup - uses TOB to backup all changed data on hard disk and transfer gzipped tar to my comp via samba mount. site_index - uses mnogosearch (www.mnogosearch.org) to index some local sites Both scripts doesn't turn to zombies, it's some standart script everyday. cron.daily starts at 9pm. I will try to separate my scripts to my own cron.mydaily directory today. But behavior is bad, because system has free resourses ----------------------------------------- maul:/lib/modules# free total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 256100 251608 4492 0 1864 32892 -/+ buffers/cache: 216852 39248 Swap: 511132 54572 456560 ----------------------------------------- --- Sergey "BeerBong" Polyakov chief of WebZavod (http://www.webzavod.ru) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]