How to get rid of "<exiting>" process?

[Bob Weissman]

Can anyone tell me how to get rid of an <exiting> process (i.e.,
one with the SWEXIT process bit set) short of rebooting the system?
I've tried all flavors of kill(1), but nothing seems to work.

Thanks,
-- Bob Weissman
   G.WEISSMAN at SU-SCORE.ARPA
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