[Ma-linux] Re: [Novalug] Another service running, need advice

Jay Hart jhart at kevla.org
Tue Dec 11 22:51:59 EST 2007


> On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 09:45:45PM -0500, Kevin Dwyer wrote:
>> Another fun thing to try is to use the killpg syscall on process group 1.
>> This has a funny effect on a regular user.  There isn't a binary that does
>> it, but you could try something like:
>>
>> $ python -c "import os; os.killpg(1,9)"
>
> Unfortunately, there is a binary that does it exactly this but on
> Solaris.  If you don't believe me, try to guess what the Solaris
> version of 'killall' does, and let me give you a hint, it's not the
> same as the linux version :-)
>
> <still a little bitter>

So... This get you fired from a job???

Jay

>
> - Rob
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