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Subject: Re: 2.2R (src 2.2 211): <ctrl><alt><del> == dialing
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At 5:45 pm -0000 22/3/97, J Wunsch wrote:
>For some strange reason, the `shutdown_nice()' in the kernel sends a
>SIGHUP to all processes first.  I've also noticed messages like
>``Reloading nameserver'' or such.

The SIGHUP was historically intended to 'hang up' sessions on serial ports.
Processes not attached to a terminal shouldn't be sent the signal.


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