Re: unkillable apache httpd process

On 6/8/05, Dan Nelson <dnelson_at_allantgroup.com> wrote:
> If it's consuming CPU it should be killable.  Tried kill -9?  If it's
> really threaded, "ps lHp 3794" will print what each kernel thread is
> doing; maybe only one thread is hung.
> 
> --
>        Dan Nelson
>        dnelson_at_allantgroup.com
kill -9 solves the problem. But the apache2.sh in /usr/local/rc.d
cannot restart it properly.
root_at_orion:/home/leafy# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache2.sh restart
Performing sanity check on apache2 configuration:
Syntax OK
Stopping apache2.
Waiting for PIDS: 5696, 5696, 5696, 5696, 5696, 5696, 5696, 5696,
5696, 5696, 5696, 5696, 5696, 5696, 5696, 5696, 5696, 5696, 5696,
5696, 5696, 5696, 5696, 5696, 5696, 5696, 5696, 5696, 5696, 5696,
5696, 5696, 5696, 5696, 5696, 5696, 5696, 5696, 5696, 5696, 5696,
5696, 5696, 5696, 5696, 5696, 5696, 5696, 5696
it goes on.....
 Also, the unkillable has only 1 thread as shown in the top output.

Jiawei
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"Without the userland, the kernel is useless."
               --inspired by The Tao of Programming