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When I followed the instructions in this question to find zombie processes, I found this process Z Jan02 0:00 [sd_cicero] <defunct>. When I try to find its parent process, I get this: systemd(1)───lightdm(1305)───lightdm(1524)───upstart(1797)───sd_cicero(4795)───sd_cicero(4796)

What is this process, and why could it have become a zombie?

firedrillsergeant
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It looks like the process forked itself and the child has exited, but the parent is not correctly reaping the child. If this situation persists, then this is a bug in the program that you should report.

psusi
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