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Date:      Sat, 22 Mar 1997 19:41:01 GMT
From:      Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk>
To:        joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch)
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 2.2R (src 2.2 211): <ctrl><alt><del> == dialing
Message-ID:  <l03020906af59e54d19df@[194.32.164.2]>
In-Reply-To: <19970322184530.BI55538@uriah.heep.sax.de>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970320205308.152B-100000@Pkrw.tcn.net>; from Kenneth R. Westerback on Mar 20, 1997 20:59:52 -0500 <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970320205308.152B-100000@Pkrw.tcn.net>

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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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