Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 14:18:09 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: rb@gid.co.uk (Bob Bishop) Cc: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2R (src 2.2 211): <ctrl><alt><del> == dialing Message-ID: <199703222118.OAA19544@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <l03020906af59e54d19df@[194.32.164.2]> from "Bob Bishop" at Mar 22, 97 07:41:01 pm
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> >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. That was my impression reading this exchange as well. I think we still have issues with propagation of signals to the other processes in a process group when the group leader is signalled, as well. Regards, Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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