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From: lattera@softhome.net
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Subject: too many kill()'s
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 10:31:30 -0700
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The following source code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <sys/param.h>
#include <errno.h> 

extern int errno; 

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
       signal(SIGINT, SIG_IGN);
       signal(SIGTERM, SIG_IGN);
       if (!fork())
       {
               while(1) {
                       kill(getppid(), SIGTERM);
               }
       }
}
// End of source 

when compiled and ran, makes my 4.7-release box quit EVERY SINGLE PROGRAM 
(including boot-time daemons), and go into a fix-it shell. 

My question is this: why does this happen? I can't seem to figure it out. 
I've worked with many other people about this, and they don't seem to know. 

(When you exit the fix-it shell, the computer finishes booting, it's like 
going into single-user mode upon boot) 

Run this code and see what happens (nothing bad, just wierd). 

bash-2.05b# uname -a
FreeBSD  4.7-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE #1: Sun Jan 19 17:46:33 MST 2003    
shawn@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FIREWALLED  i386
bash-2.05b# 

Thanks, 

lattera 

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