From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 29 18:41:07 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8AA737B401 for ; Thu, 29 May 2003 18:41:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from valley.nettas.net (valley.nettas.net [202.7.15.73]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E70743F75 for ; Thu, 29 May 2003 18:41:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fiddo@tasmail.com) Received: from tasmail.com (swan.tasmail.com [202.7.15.18]) by valley.nettas.net (8.12.7/8.12.7) with SMTP id h4U1fAl4012131 for ; Fri, 30 May 2003 11:41:10 +1000 (EST) Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 11:41:10 +1000 (EST) Message-Id: <200305300141.h4U1fAl4012131@valley.nettas.net> From: "jason fiddian" To: "freebsd-hackers" Importance: Normal X-Mailer: VisualMail 3.0 ( http://www.minter.com.ar/visualmail ) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: left over shells/processes X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 01:41:08 -0000 i feel i'm missing something simple here. we have a freebsd 4.6 server that approx 20 users telnet into to access a retail application. if a user closes their telnet session without logging out correctly it leaves behind the shell and any processes attached to it. how can we kill these leftover shells & processes if this occurs? thanx in advance new admin -- www.tasmail.com