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Date:      Mon, 28 Dec 1998 08:30:03 -0800 (PST)
From:      "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: bin/9215: Logout of all virtual termnials by one kill 
Message-ID:  <199812281630.IAA05755@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR bin/9215; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>
To: root@rjlynn.ddns.org
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: bin/9215: Logout of all virtual termnials by one kill 
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 11:21:41 -0500

 Charlie Root wrote in message ID
 <199812280509.AAA00334@rjlynn.ddns.org>:
 > 	a -HUP kill to Swapper (PID 0 always) logs all virtual terminal out.
 > I don't know about network terms, however.
 
 You're not killing swapper. Please read `man 2 kill':
 
      If pid is greater than zero:
              Sig is sent to the process whose ID is equal to pid.
 
      If pid is zero:
              Sig is sent to all processes whose group ID is equal to the pro-
              cess group ID of the sender, and for which the process has per-
              mission; this is a variant of killpg(2).
 
 So you were sending a `HUP' to login processes, which (surpringly)
 logs you out.
 
 Gary
 --
 Gary Palmer                                          FreeBSD Core Team Member
 FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info

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