I wrote this today to kill orphan processes left by my very dirty chk_servs.ksh script that runs constantly in a VNC session using ssh-agent to ensure encrypted traffic. These orphaned procs were eating up my CPU.
# This script kills orphan processes for a particular user
if [[ $# < 1 || $# > 1 ]];then
echo "Syntax : kill_orphans.ksh"
exit 1
fi
user=$1
cat /etc/passwd | awk -F : '{print $1}' | grep $user >/dev/null
rc=$?
if [[ $rc > 0 ]];then
echo "$user is not a valid user."
exit 2
fi
ps -fu $user | awk '{print $3,$2}' | while read ppid pid
do
if [[ $ppid -eq 1 ]];then
echo "Killing orphan process $pid..."
kill $pid
fi
done
exit 0 |
