Re: Apache question

[Viktor Pavlenko <vp@example.com>]

>>>>> "JC" == Jean-Christian Imbeault <jean_christian@example.com> writes:

    >> It's not particularly serious, it just means that the processes
    >> didn't die right away.

    JC> Could this possibly lead to the creation of a zombie httpd
    JC> that could keep a connection open and busy?

AFAIK a process becomes zombie at its termination if its parent has
already exited without waiting for its (child's) termination. So
zombie is actually a dead process, it can't keep any connection since
it's dead. It only takes an entry in the process table.

init should inherit a zombie and call wait(). The only thing I don't
understand is why a zombie can keep existing for a long time?..

Viktor