why we cannot kill process id 1 with command "kill -9 1"

satyaredhat · 03-10-2009, 02:37 PM

arckane · 03-10-2009, 02:42 PM

That's the kernel init if memory serves me correctly. Think about it, if you killed the kernel you'd crash the whole thing. So, protected.

Maligree · 03-10-2009, 02:55 PM

Funny, I always thought that killing init would cause a reboot. Of course, it makes a lot of sense to protect the process that is parent to all other processes on the system.

I swear, it used to force a reboot..

anomie · 03-10-2009, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by satyaredhat

why we cannot kill process id 1 with command "kill -9 1"

Why are you trying to kill init?

satyaredhat · 03-11-2009, 08:07 AM

Maligree/arckane
thanks for your input , It looks the init process is built in such way that it cannot be killed with "kill -9 <pid> " and that is because it shouldn't be killed as it will crash the system .

anomie
I am not trying to kill init process , its a query regarding the usage of kill command with signal 9

malekmustaq · 03-11-2009, 12:00 PM

satyaredhat:

you can kill PID 1 init
send signal to runlevel 0 or 6

QueenZ · 03-11-2009, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by malekmustaq

satyaredhat:

you can kill PID 1 init
send signal to runlevel 0 or 6

how do you send signal to runlevel?

Maligree · 03-11-2009, 12:48 PM

QueenZ, you can change your current runlevel with telinit <level>. But that's definitely not what you'd call killing init.