From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 21 12: 9: 9 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from m1.bezeqint.net (m1.bezeqint.net [192.115.106.45]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BD8F37B416 for ; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 12:09:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from bsd.net.il (bzq-147-141.pop.bezeqint.net [212.179.147.141]) by m1.bezeqint.net (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id APU21306; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 22:08:54 +0200 (IST) Received: (from nimrodm@localhost) by bsd.net.il (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fBLK6LI01283 for questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 22:06:21 +0200 (IST) (envelope-from nimrodm) From: Nimrod Mesika Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 22:06:19 +0200 To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kill -9 -1 Message-ID: <20011221220619.A1234@localhost.bsd.net.il> Reply-To: nimrodm@email.com Mail-Followup-To: questions@freebsd.org References: <20011221205649.A899@localhost.bsd.net.il> <20011221194417.GA796@rhadamanth> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011221194417.GA796@rhadamanth>; from setantae@submonkey.net on Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 07:44:17PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 07:44:17PM +0000, Ceri wrote: > On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 08:56:49PM +0200, Nimrod Mesika wrote: > > > So I typed at the bash prompt (as a normal user, not root): > > > > $kill -9 -1 > > > > And my system died. > > > > Can anyone confirm/explain this phenomena? (this is on a fairly > > recent -stable). > > >From the manpage for kill : > > The following pids have special meanings: > -1 If superuser, broadcast the signal to all processes; otherwise > broadcast to all processes belonging to the user. Thanks. I did read the manpage before writing this message and the above description does not explain the phenomena I have described. -- Nimrod. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message