A process keeps respawning every minute, since the PID changes regularly it cannot be killed, what can be done in this situation ?

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Issue

  • A process named 'dr_menu' keeps changing its PID regularly and cannot be killed.

  • Even if its killed after checking the PID, it seems to be present on the machine with another PID. What can be done in this case ?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3

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