killpgrp(8)

📦 version 3.5.4, in epel 9, fedora 43, fedora 44

💅 NAME 💅

Ok so bestie, welcome to the killpgrp(8) page — this is the User Manuals one, section 8, and it's giving "one job, no notes." killpgrp — kill all processes in the same process group. that's it. that's the whole résumé. she's a specialist. 💀✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

killpgrp

no args, no flags, no drama. she just shows up and does the thing. 🦋

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

So here's the tea: killpgrp kills all processes in its process group when a process group leader is killed. group hug but make it lethal, fr fr. 💅

This program needs to be called by the client uid defined in amanda — that part is not optional, don't skip it — and it's the way you kill VDUMP, VXDUMP, and XFSDUMP in a safe manner. It's called by sendsize, the amanda client software. iykyk. 🫶

And the actual sequence, no cap: killpgrp sends a SIGTERM to all processes in its process group. Then if a process in the group does not exit after three seconds and does not answer, killpgp will send a SIGKILL. three whole seconds of patience and then it's over for you. not me being dramatic, that's literally the timeout. 😭🔥

🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

  • none. killpgrp takes no arguments. she takes no orders, she takes no notes, she does not do "just one more flag." lowkey iconic. 👑

🔥 SECURITY 🔥

bestie. listen. killpgrp needs to be setuid root unless amanda is compiled with DONT_SUID_ROOT. setuid root is not a cute little accessory, it is main character energy with actual consequences, so treat it with the respect it deserves. 🙈💜

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

  • amanda(8) — go read your other bestie. ✨

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Manpage written by Rodrigo Rubira Branco <rrbranco@br.ibm.com>

and that's the page, bestie!! 🎀 this was User Manuals, dated May 16, 2006 — ancient but still slaying. mwah, go kill some process groups (responsibly). 💖🧚⭐

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