User's cron job creates zombie process on 5.3

[Darryl Okahata]

Raymond Wiker <Raymond.Wiker at fast.no> wrote:

>         Hmm... Maybe this will work?
> 
>         /bin/sh -c "/usr/bin/ssh -n -f ${tunnel} &"
> 
> --- the effect of this should (hopefully) be that init becomes the
> parent of the zombie process.

     An easier-to-read way, assuming that a Bourne-compatible shell is
used (e.g., /bin/sh and not /bin/csh), would be:

	( /usr/bin/ssh -n -f ${tunnel} & )

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	Darryl Okahata
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