How to kill a certain process?

AMDPwred · 10-01-2002, 12:22 PM

How can I kill a certain process running on my RH8 box?

rshaw · 10-01-2002, 12:41 PM

run top as root, enter 'k' and enter the pid that you want to kill

stickman · 10-01-2002, 12:57 PM

If the process is yours, you can use either kill (ie kill -signal PID) or pkill (ie pkill -signal pname). Try to send as nice a signal as possible. Some people like to jump right to -9, but this may not be appropriate in all circumstances. If the process is not yours, you will need to get proper access via su or sudo.

Coproscefalo · 10-01-2002, 01:40 PM

if you are running a process from console or terminal you can obtain the list of PID by typing:

jobs -l

or if you are using kde u can kill an running application by pressing

Ctrl + Alt + Esc

a skull is gonna appear instead of the normal cursor, just click on top of the application you want to kill. A rude way but thats the only way i found to kill apps (im sure there must be a better way, i just dont know how, lol)

Azael