kill command

micro_xii · 11-24-2006, 02:42 AM

Greetings:

dmx:/ # lsof -i :80
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME
httpd 5806 root 4u IPv6 10821 TCP *:http (LISTEN)

kill -9 5806

My question is the kill command is used to stop the service right? Now how can I run again the service that I just kill....

bathory · 11-24-2006, 03:15 AM

You can use pkill, i.e in your example:

Code:

pkill httpd

micro_xii · 11-24-2006, 04:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory

You can use pkill, i.e in your example:

Code:

pkill httpd

What I mean is after you command kill, I will restore it back the one I just kill. What is the command?

bathory · 11-24-2006, 05:03 AM

You have the following options:

Code:

kill -HUP <pid>
killall -HUP <process-name>
pkill -HUP <process-name>

matthewg42 · 11-24-2006, 08:48 AM

micro_xii, I think you're asking if this is the "right" way to kill the web server, yes?

Usually the web server will be started and stopped using init scripts. While kill will probably work, you might be better off using the init scripts (if they are how it's done on your system). The name of the init script will vary from distro to distro, here's a few alternatives:

Code:

/etc/init.d/apache stop
/etc/init.d/apache2 stop
/etc/init.d/httpd stop

Those are variations I've seen, but there may be many more.