Re: autofs v4: speak now or shutdown or not

[H. Peter Anvin]

> > > 
> > > No, that doesn't make sense.  'SIGTERM' should terminate automount;
> > > that is what a termination signal is supposed to do.  
> > 
> > yes.... sigterm should kill the process...
> > 
> > am looking for another sig to send it to try to kill but don't if it
> > is used...since autofs does not restart if it did not "cleanly die"
> > 
> 
> Okay, so right now we have:
> 
>       SIGKILL         - Die instantly (leaves a mess)
>       SIGTERM         - Try to shut down cleanly but die no matter what
>       SIGUSR2         - Try to shut down cleanly but continue if not possible
        SIGHUP          - Prune as many mounts as possible, and then
                          reinitialize the daemon
>       SIGUSR1         - Prune as many mounts as possible, but don't
>                         shut down
> 

        -hpa