[comp.sys.sgi] process living after logout

mcdonald@AEDC-VAX.AF.MIL (Kenneth McDonald C60244 x3413) (01/09/91)

We have recently discovered that when a person logs out from our Iris running
3.3.1 at random times a process will still show up when we xeq  % ps -ef

This process will look something like:

  b30607 12294     1  0 JAN 3    ttyd3     0:01 -csh

Could anyone tell me why this process stays behind?  Or is there a way of
making it die once you exit?  (besides kill -9 or killall)  

NOTE:  Notice that I said it occurs randomly.

Mail replies directly to me at:

           @aedc-vax.af.mil:c60244@ccfiris.aedc

Thanks.

c60244@ccfiris.aedc (Kenny McDonald) (01/09/91)

We have recently discovered that when a person logs out from our Iris running
3.3.1 at random times a process will still show up when we xeq  % ps -ef

This process will look something like:

  b30607 12294     1  0 JAN 3    ttyd3     0:01 -csh

Could anyone tell me why this process stays behind?  Or is there a way of
making it die once you exit?  (besides kill -9 or killall)  

NOTE:  Notice that I said it occurs randomly.

Mail replies directly to me at:

           @aedc-vax.af.mil:c60244@ccfiris.aedc

Thanks.
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doelz@urz.unibas.ch (01/09/91)

In article <9101081201.aa05760@VGR.BRL.MIL>, mcdonald@AEDC-VAX.AF.MIL (Kenneth McDonald C60244 x3413) writes:
> We have recently discovered that when a person logs out from our Iris running
> 3.3.1 at random times a process will still show up when we xeq  % ps -ef

I found this one occuring the first time on 3.0B on a 4D/70. It is still in 
3.3.1, and is presumably a problem at the following cases(amongst others): 
1) Kill NeWS and let windows stay alive with some process running in it. 
2) do a SETHOST from a VAX, and then a telnet back to it, and kill the 
   starting process on the VAX. 
3) Use a serial line input from another computer (or, in our case, a LAT 
   terminal server) and kill the starting process on your PC or LAT. 

It is still not reproducable, and I usually kill it with KILL as well. 

Regards 
Reinhard