Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 17:51:21 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Micke Josefsson <mj@isy.liu.se> Cc: Daniel Bye <Daniel.Bye@uk.uu.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I kill this 'unkillable' process? Message-ID: <20001012175121.A256@parish> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.001012155857.mj@isy.liu.se>; from mj@isy.liu.se on Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 03:58:57PM %2B0200 References: <FB7CAC781DB6D311BEE800805FE6FADA2F4C8F@camexch4.cam.uk.internal> <XFMail.001012155857.mj@isy.liu.se>
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On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 03:58:57PM +0200, Micke Josefsson wrote: > > On 12-Oct-00 Daniel Bye wrote: > > YOU, as root, can kill it with kill -9 <PID>. > > > > As long as the process starts up with the EUID of the user calling it, then > > he should be able to use this as well. > > > > That was what I first tried, you now! But it doesn't budge. I recall McKusick > calling -9 a 'sure kill', but apparently not for me. > Search back through the archives. This has come up before and it appears that it is possible for a program to be in a state (can't remember which though) where it can't be killed, even with -9. > /Micke > > ---------------------------------- > Michael Josefsson, MSEE > mj@isy.liu.se > > This message was sent by XFMail > running on FreeBSD 3.5-STABLE > ---------------------------------- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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