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Old 08-14-2007, 02:55 PM
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For killing zombie and rogue processes which kill should I use? What does kill -9 mean?
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Old 08-14-2007, 07:00 PM
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Try just using 'kill 1 <pid>' before using 9

-9 means "absolute kill signal" which forces the kernel to stop executing the process. It actually sends the process's resources to /dev/null.

The most common kill signals are 1, 2, 3, 15, and 9.
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