[csw-users] Cfengine defunct on a Solaris 8 box.

[Christian Pearce]

I am getting a ton for defunct processes wit cfservd from the Cfengine
package.  Does anyone know why this would happen?  Or so this something
I should take up with the Cfengine folk?

I have built and used my own package for years, and never had this
issue.  That is why I am bringing it up here.

bash-2.03$ ps -aef | grep 5748
    root  9838  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root 19603  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root  8314  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root 13410  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root 11375  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root 20848  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root  1666  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root  4021  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root  6819  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root  4709  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root  9414  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root 20923  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
 pearcec  1086 26619  0 10:24:40 pts/1    0:00 grep 5748
    root 21632  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root 21344  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root   829  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root  4679  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root 10768  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root  8043  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root 17639  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root 29567  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root  3014  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root  9284  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root 10812  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root  5728  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root  3470  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root 18174  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root  6527  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root 20276  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root 27129  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root 10005  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root 20269  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root 10544  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root 19781  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root 17193  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root  5748     1  0   Sep 29 ?       14:36 /var/cfengine/bin/cfservd
    root 18094  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root 15330  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root 10021  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root 21239  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>
    root 16387  5748  0                   0:00 <defunct>

-- 
Christian Pearce
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