I have an instance that uses the following to stop the process: <exec_method name='stop' type='method' exec=':kill' timeout_seconds='60'>
however, this doesn't always work and sometimes the process needs a kill -9. It seemed to me that the better way to handle this would be by calling an external script that could do a kill -INT then a kill -KILL if necessary. But I need the process id passed to the script in order to do this. Is this possible? Or is there a way to have solaris issue the kill calls like I want without an external script? I don't want to use pid files. Getting away from pid files was one of the main reasons I like smf, and the program in question is somewhat unreliable and can leave stale pid files in place. This message posted from opensolaris.org
