Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 22:00:51 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: suspending a running task Message-ID: <f4d41794-1155-5609-a091-d874e21dab76@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <15fb52c8-3a90-31c8-a6ca-b4bb2422b2a1@paz.bz> References: <15fb52c8-3a90-31c8-a6ca-b4bb2422b2a1@paz.bz>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --lNd2bucbhtcrUQeNtE6Ll5qiKTxdk39dM Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="bERlF8JcRB5PPCRmfcDhacA7fdB2gjahb"; protected-headers="v1" From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <f4d41794-1155-5609-a091-d874e21dab76@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: suspending a running task References: <15fb52c8-3a90-31c8-a6ca-b4bb2422b2a1@paz.bz> In-Reply-To: <15fb52c8-3a90-31c8-a6ca-b4bb2422b2a1@paz.bz> --bERlF8JcRB5PPCRmfcDhacA7fdB2gjahb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 17/08/2017 17:58, Jim Pazarena wrote: > Is there any way that root can suspend a task executed by someone else?= >=20 > In other words, not a program running direct from the console, but just= > any task presently running where the SysAdmin has a desire to > temporarily suspend it. Yes, sure. To stop a process, find its PID and then: # kill -STOP $pid This will suspend the process without killing it in much the same way that Ctrl-Z works in a shell. Conversely to restart a stopped process: # kill -CONT $pid Cheers, Matthew --bERlF8JcRB5PPCRmfcDhacA7fdB2gjahb-- --lNd2bucbhtcrUQeNtE6Ll5qiKTxdk39dM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJZlgQDXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQ2NTNBNjhCOTEzQTRFNkNGM0UxRTEzMjZC QjIzQUY1MThFMUE0MDEzAAoJELsjr1GOGkATcUcP/RAD4/3Xig+mUd7NSX+HijIX GPvntghUK8fBOQApaEFYQDJHHYqZRWgnwwjwFBWuVv1lxLIZpdeeJTAy7iZuVNxI IsBQOGtNYIwSx7oiUW60bZR+G7MIddwfPyMZNdo6Jl2+6bMPQZyhlsuTFrwUVomF 0hg/X+6nDr9/hOshXhkcK57/qEZKcpsOqWfDqupwtGfSb60MJXgl3/7X/F+fVkfA JOGWTQjaMiGeJCklZgZuuO3LeV4nMWbTxTy3kmxfd0N0pCSvOTfrsBIXwOd3GbU0 tn/KEs2CJNr0PaHmqfusqX+RXTfd+n8ged0IIlYjFr+ZUQJCg/hljIE06myhb6W0 GZV4X2n1R6F3gJjLJBrw85Bw6mh/TD7tu+NoHXbq+RLRnwWET3JUtA97VdMUfDb0 nYOh/PleCN81U7cAL6K7rUe93JLQgGOxirQNP2B0v3nota/fsi+dVjMq/8QrtA/t D8SWKXCX3vbNe7ibaPscGfcBjG7VIUfj00pIXVZFFnb4luMhw15cLukaPZOCAQtv HotBJHOZZ0RujASngKhhbq6pDBVf3dzkoXrIq1UgqDR8B5s2HSen3OuznC2RCrjn 0sqQyjzWPtty3HinWRxruFb82wUX+ukDdl5Ox8OxGKx4zUpFSCLQL6v/aL6aJgFz LcOjt+lVjdVJhA17RMV7 =C81k -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --lNd2bucbhtcrUQeNtE6Ll5qiKTxdk39dM--
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