Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 14:37:13 -0800 

(NOTE: this is from Solaris 2.6)

script to kill off stray (unattached) processes left from failed connection.
  (best to fully resolve all commands, shown here in shorter form for clarity)

#!/bin/sh
echo "testing health - listing ps & users"
w | grep -v root | sort
ps -aux | grep -v root | grep -v bin | sort
#
while (ps -aux | grep -v root | grep -v bin | grep ?)
      do     ( 
        echo "   killing the unattached process(es)... "
        ps -aux | grep -v root | grep -v bin | grep ? | awk '{ print
"/bin/kill -9 " $2 }' > /tmp/killit 
       sh /tmp/killit
        /bin/rm /tmp/killit
        sleep 5 
       w | grep -v root | sort
       ps -aux | grep -v root | grep -v bin | sort
        )
        done




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        john meister     sr CAD sys admin
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