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From: zwbm07@hou.amoco.com (Walter Moore)
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Subject: Re: Can't kill process!
Keywords: kill,process
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Date: 25 Jun 91 03:07:05 GMT
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In article <1991Jun24.143454.15728@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> jpd@tardis.cl.msu.edu (Joe P. DeCello) writes:
>I am unable to kill an mdump on are server.  I logged
>in as root and tried this:
>
># kill -9 10258
>
>but when I listed the processes it was still there.
>I have this problem with alot of processes which
>use /dev/rsx0
>Is there a way to kill this monger without rebooting.
>

You failed to mention the OS...


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