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&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="de1"&gt;&lt;pre class="de1"&gt;&lt;span class="co0"&gt;#!/bin/bash&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="co0"&gt;##################################################################&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="co0"&gt;# Script: Zombie Slayer&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="co0"&gt;# Author: Mitch Milner&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="co0"&gt;# Date: 03/13/2013 ---&amp;gt; A good day to slay zombies&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="co0"&gt;#&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="co0"&gt;# Requirements: yum install gdb&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="co0"&gt;# permissions to attach to the parent process&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="co0"&gt;#&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="co0"&gt;# This script works by using a debugger to&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="co0"&gt;# attach to the parent process and then issuing&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="co0"&gt;# a waitpid to the dead zombie. This will not kill&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="co0"&gt;# the living parent process.&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="co0"&gt;##################################################################&lt;/span&gt;
&amp;#160;
&lt;span class="kw2"&gt;clear&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="co0"&gt;# Wait for user input to proceed, give user a chance to cancel script&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw3"&gt;echo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st0"&gt;&amp;quot;***********************************************************&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw3"&gt;echo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="re5"&gt;-e&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st0"&gt;&amp;quot;This script will terminate all zombie process.&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw3"&gt;echo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="re5"&gt;-e&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st0"&gt;&amp;quot;Press [ENTER] to continue or [CTRL] + C to cancel:&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw3"&gt;echo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st0"&gt;&amp;quot;***********************************************************&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw2"&gt;read&lt;/span&gt; cmd_string
&lt;span class="kw3"&gt;echo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="re5"&gt;-e&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st0"&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;span class="es1"&gt;\n&lt;/span&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;
&amp;#160;
&lt;span class="co0"&gt;# initialize variables&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="re2"&gt;intcount&lt;/span&gt;=&lt;span class="nu0"&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="re2"&gt;lastparentid&lt;/span&gt;=&lt;span class="nu0"&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;
&amp;#160;
&lt;span class="co0"&gt;# remove old gdb command file&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw2"&gt;rm&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="re5"&gt;-f&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sy0"&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;tmp&lt;span class="sy0"&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;zombie_slayer.txt
&amp;#160;
&lt;span class="co0"&gt;# create the gdb command file&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw3"&gt;echo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st0"&gt;&amp;quot;***********************************************************&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw3"&gt;echo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st0"&gt;&amp;quot;Creating command file...&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw3"&gt;echo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st0"&gt;&amp;quot;***********************************************************&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw2"&gt;ps&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="re5"&gt;-e&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="re5"&gt;-o&lt;/span&gt; ppid,pid,&lt;span class="kw2"&gt;stat&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;span class="kw3"&gt;command&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sy0"&gt;|&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="kw2"&gt;grep&lt;/span&gt; Z &lt;span class="sy0"&gt;|&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="kw2"&gt;sort&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sy0"&gt;|&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="kw1"&gt;while&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="kw2"&gt;read&lt;/span&gt; LINE; &lt;span class="kw1"&gt;do&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="re2"&gt;intcount&lt;/span&gt;=$&lt;span class="br0"&gt;&amp;#40;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="br0"&gt;&amp;#40;&lt;/span&gt;intcount+&lt;span class="nu0"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="br0"&gt;&amp;#41;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="br0"&gt;&amp;#41;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="re2"&gt;parentid&lt;/span&gt;=&lt;span class="sy0"&gt;`&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="kw3"&gt;echo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="re1"&gt;$LINE&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sy0"&gt;|&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="kw2"&gt;awk&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st_h"&gt;'{print $1}'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sy0"&gt;`&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="re2"&gt;zombieid&lt;/span&gt;=&lt;span class="sy0"&gt;`&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="kw3"&gt;echo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="re1"&gt;$LINE&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sy0"&gt;|&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="kw2"&gt;awk&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st_h"&gt;'{print $2}'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sy0"&gt;`&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="re2"&gt;verifyzombie&lt;/span&gt;=&lt;span class="sy0"&gt;`&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="kw3"&gt;echo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="re1"&gt;$LINE&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sy0"&gt;|&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="kw2"&gt;awk&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st_h"&gt;'{print $3}'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sy0"&gt;`&lt;/span&gt;
&amp;#160;
&lt;span class="co0"&gt;# make sure this is a zombie file and we are not getting a Z from&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="co0"&gt;# the command field of the ps -e -o ppid,pid,stat,command&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw1"&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="br0"&gt;&amp;#91;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st0"&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;span class="es2"&gt;$verifyzombie&lt;/span&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt; == &lt;span class="st0"&gt;&amp;quot;Z&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="br0"&gt;&amp;#93;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw1"&gt;then&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw1"&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="br0"&gt;&amp;#91;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st0"&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;span class="es2"&gt;$parentid&lt;/span&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sy0"&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;= &lt;span class="st0"&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;span class="es2"&gt;$lastparentid&lt;/span&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="br0"&gt;&amp;#93;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw1"&gt;then&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw1"&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="br0"&gt;&amp;#91;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st0"&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;span class="es2"&gt;$lastparentid&lt;/span&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sy0"&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;= &lt;span class="st0"&gt;&amp;quot;0&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="br0"&gt;&amp;#93;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw1"&gt;then&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw3"&gt;echo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st0"&gt;&amp;quot;detach&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sy0"&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sy0"&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;tmp&lt;span class="sy0"&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;zombie_slayer.txt
&lt;span class="kw1"&gt;fi&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw3"&gt;echo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st0"&gt;&amp;quot;attach &lt;span class="es2"&gt;$parentid&lt;/span&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sy0"&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sy0"&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;tmp&lt;span class="sy0"&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;zombie_slayer.txt
&lt;span class="kw1"&gt;fi&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw3"&gt;echo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st0"&gt;&amp;quot;call waitpid (&lt;span class="es2"&gt;$zombieid&lt;/span&gt;,0,0)&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sy0"&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sy0"&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;tmp&lt;span class="sy0"&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;zombie_slayer.txt
&lt;span class="kw3"&gt;echo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st0"&gt;&amp;quot;Logging: Parent: &lt;span class="es2"&gt;$parentid&lt;/span&gt; Zombie: &lt;span class="es2"&gt;$zombieid&lt;/span&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="re2"&gt;lastparentid&lt;/span&gt;=&lt;span class="re1"&gt;$parentid&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw1"&gt;fi&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw1"&gt;done&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw1"&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="br0"&gt;&amp;#91;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st0"&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;span class="es2"&gt;$lastparentid&lt;/span&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sy0"&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;= &lt;span class="st0"&gt;&amp;quot;0&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="br0"&gt;&amp;#93;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw1"&gt;then&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw3"&gt;echo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st0"&gt;&amp;quot;detach&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sy0"&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sy0"&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;tmp&lt;span class="sy0"&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;zombie_slayer.txt
&lt;span class="kw1"&gt;fi&lt;/span&gt;
&amp;#160;
&lt;span class="co0"&gt;# Slay the zombies with gdb and the created command file&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw3"&gt;echo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="re5"&gt;-e&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st0"&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;span class="es1"&gt;\n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="es1"&gt;\n&lt;/span&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw3"&gt;echo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st0"&gt;&amp;quot;***********************************************************&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw3"&gt;echo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st0"&gt;&amp;quot;Slaying zombie processes...&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw3"&gt;echo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st0"&gt;&amp;quot;***********************************************************&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw2"&gt;gdb&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="re5"&gt;-batch&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="re5"&gt;-x&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sy0"&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;tmp&lt;span class="sy0"&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;zombie_slayer.txt
&lt;span class="kw3"&gt;echo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="re5"&gt;-e&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st0"&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;span class="es1"&gt;\n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="es1"&gt;\n&lt;/span&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw3"&gt;echo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st0"&gt;&amp;quot;***********************************************************&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw3"&gt;echo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st0"&gt;&amp;quot;Script complete.&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kw3"&gt;echo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st0"&gt;&amp;quot;***********************************************************&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;
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