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BUG REPORT: slapd defunct/zombie

Hi there,

Since I couldn't find any information regarding this problem anywhere, I'd
better report it as a bug.

My slapd, OpenLDAP 1.2.1 but also 1.2.0, compiled with linuxthreads-0.71,
irregularly but rather often just stops, when I do a 'ps ax | grep slapd'
I see this:

==
  137 ?        S      0:00 /usr/local/libexec/slapd
  153 ?        Z      0:00 [slapd <defunct>]
  154 ?        S      0:00 /usr/local/libexec/slapd
==

Sometimes it's 'zombie' instead of 'defunct'. I then have to kill -9
<first process> and start slapd again. Nothing gets damaged.

Output of that very useful script (for system info) from the Linux kernel
tree, ver_linux, says:

==
-- Versions installed: (if some fields are empty or looks
-- unusual then possibly you have very old versions)
Linux yenzi 2.2.6-ac1 #2 Thu Apr 22 14:56:49 CEST 1999 i686 unknown
Kernel modules         2.1.121
Gnu C                  egcs-2.91.60
Binutils               2.8.1.0.23
Linux C Library        5.4.46
Dynamic linker         ldd: version 1.9.9
Procps                 2.0.2
Mount                  2.7l
Net-tools              1.51
Kbd                    0.94
Sh-utils               1.16
Modules Loaded         parport_pc lp parport ip_masq_portfw ip_masq_quake
ip_masq_raudio ip_masq_ftp opl3 cs4232 uart401 ad1848 sound soundcore
==

The problem has also appeared on other 2.2.x kernels, 2.0.x not tested.

I'd be happy to provide any info you need, of course.

Regards,

	-Bert Lindner