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Date:      Thu, 29 May 2003 19:05:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        jason fiddian <fiddo@tasmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: left over shells/processes
Message-ID:  <20030529190520.E19747@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <200305300141.h4U1fAl4012131@valley.nettas.net>
References:  <200305300141.h4U1fAl4012131@valley.nettas.net>

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On Fri, 30 May 2003, jason fiddian wrote:

>  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?

Is your app handling SIGHUP? If not, the app will stay running, as well as
its parents.

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Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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