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Subject: Re: graceful way of stopping X remotely
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in message <20060502141456.M89369@enabled.com>,
wrote Noah thusly...
>
> Its been a while since I've had to admin X.  What is a graceful
> way to stop X when I am remote to the machine?

Send a SIGTERM (or any other appropriate one) signal to the
controlling|foreground X process?


  - Parv

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