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Question
A systems administrator notices the process list on a mission-critical server has a large number of processes that are in state "Z" and marked as "defunct." Which of the following should the administrator do in an attempt to safely remove these entries from the process list?
Options
- AKill the process with PID 1.
- BKill the PID of the processes.
- CKill the parent PID of the processes.
- DReboot the server.
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Topics
#Zombie processes#Process management#System administration#Linux processes