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Date:      Wed, 25 Aug 1999 09:37:31 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org>
To:        Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca>
Cc:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Mandatory locking?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990825093650.22005D-100000@beelzebubba.sysabend.org>
In-Reply-To: <19990825092143.C18970@ppp18415.on.bellglobal.com>

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On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Tim Vanderhoek wrote:

:[Cc's trimmed]
:
:On Wed, Aug 25, 1999 at 12:15:24AM -0600, Wes Peters wrote:
:> > >
:> > > How 'bout "anyone who can kill the process holding the lock?"
:> > 
:> >  + file owner ( + root ).
:> 
:> Which processes can't root kill?
:
:Zombies?  :)

ps shows the parent.  Kill the parent, and the zombified child dies.  This
ia a non issue.

Jamie Bowden

-- 

If we've got to fight over grep, sign me up.  But boggle can go.
	-Ted Faber (on Hasbro's request for removal of /usr/games/boggle)



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