Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 15:04:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Bryce Newall <data@dreamhaven.net> To: kwoody@citytel.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Oops, killed init Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.980622150335.9597b-100000@voyager.dreamhaven.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.980622131005.10112A-100000@abalone.citytel.net>
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On Mon, 22 Jun 1998 kwoody@abalone.citytel.net wrote: > I wanted to hup a process and was going to use -1 but forgot the - so I > killed init instead which logged me off of course. > > Now how BAD is it to do this? This was one of my home boxes so not really > a big deal but I wont know what happedned to the machine till I get home > in about 5 hours but want some idea on what state the machine might be in It will be in a state of confusion. :) Seriously, though, killing init basically brings your machine to a halt, since init is the master process. You'll probably have to hard-reset your machine when you get home, since init itself is what processes ctrl-alt-del, and since init isn't running... ********************************************************************** * Bryce Newall * Email: data@dreamhaven.net * * WWW: http://home.dreamhaven.net/~data * * "Stop smirking, Number 1." -- J.L. Picard * * "I'm a doctor, not a doorstop!" -- EMH Program, ST:FC * ********************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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