Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 12:39:53 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Will Froning <wfroning@angui.sh> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: URGENT: kill -9 doesn't work Message-ID: <20020123123953.J62266@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20020122175821.U12282-100000@angui.sh> References: <20020122175821.U12282-100000@angui.sh>
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On Tuesday, 22 January 2002 at 18:00:11 -0800, Will Froning wrote: > Does anyone know how to kill a process that doesn't respond to kill > -9? Reboot. > It keeps dumping core to a nfs server and quickly filling it up. I > cannot reboot the machine. Any hints? Basically, if you have a process which you can't kill with -9, it's because it's holding on to some kernel resource, and there's nothing you can do about it until it releases the resource. In this case, it's obviously in 'stopping' state, so you won't be able to stop it until it's dumped its core. You should set up your login class so that it won't dump core. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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