<defunct> Zombie processes (still not fixed)

[BoXie]

Hi,

I'm using Plesk 7.5.3 on Fedora Core 2 with latest kernel.

Plesk causes zombie processes on regular bases:

#ps aux
psaadm   14821  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        Z    12:25   0:00 [httpsd] <defunct>

How can this be prevented ?

Cleaning up the RPM databases as described on this forum elsewhere did not help.

With regards,

Sander van Boxtel.

 

[Gioele]

i have the same problem here, i'm running plesk 7.5.3, with redhat 3ES. My box is up2date and i'm also using the art repository. I also tried to clean up the RPM databases without any luck. The only update i didn't do is the kernel, i'm currently on the redhat 3es default. Should i try to update the kernel? I'm a bit affraid on doing so... can i simply run up2date -f kernel without any risk?

Gioele