Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 21:16:19 -0700 From: Studded <Studded@san.rr.com> To: Brendan Kosowski <brendan@bmk.com.au> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: The "kill -9" question Message-ID: <35ECC693.291CB116@san.rr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980902103644.344A-100000@garfield>
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First off, please don't call something a bug unless you're sure that it actually is. What you have is a question, so I've sent this mail to the appropriate list. Brendan Kosowski wrote: > > I recently did a "kill -9" ( from root ) on a shutdown process, What *exactly* is a "shutdown process?" What exactly did you type? > and after > that none of the normal users could log into the system. > > It said: login: /bin/sh: Permission denied. Where exactly did it say this? > I could not find any changes to permissions of dirs or files so I was > forced to do a re-install. > > I am using FreeBSD 2.2.5. > > Is this a documented bug of FreeBSD 2.2.5 ??? No, it doesn't sound like a bug at all. > P.S. - Is it a bad idea to kill processes from root ??? That depends on which process you kill. :) Doug -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** At Barry (a small town in south Wales) hidden cameras have had to be installed to keep watch on the town's CCTV [Closed Circuit Television] to record acts of vandalism against the CCTV. - Privacy Forum To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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