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Old 11-25-2005
zombie daemon process!!

My daemon process is the child of init and init has the responsibility to remove it, once it turns zombie. But I want to ask why the daemon process which is child of init turns zombie in the first place. What measures I have to take to avoid this?
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Old 11-25-2005
I think that you need to understand what exactly a zombie is in the first place. Here is a nice explaination. I think that it also answers your question.
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