The following reply was made to PR os-irix/560; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Marc Slemko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Andrew Beers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: os-irix/560: Some server process won't die
Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 19:03:39 -0600 (MDT)
On Thu, 8 May 1997, Andrew Beers wrote:
> >Description:
> When I try to kill off or reconfigure the server using 'killall httpd' or
> 'killall -HUP httpd', some server processes don't die. Even a kill -9
> won't kill them. The biggest problem is that they hang on to port 80 so I
> can't start another server. Seems only a reboot will resolve the problem.
Try doing it the proper way, ie.
kill -HUP `cat /usr/local/etc/httpd/logs/httpd.pid`
or
kill -HUP 666
where 666 is the process of the parent. Don't send a signal to all
the children, there is no reason.
