you are the systems admin for a large trust company most of

you are the systems admin for a large trust company. most of the linux servers in the company host databases that are accessed frequently by comp employees. One particular linux server has been reported as being very slow today. upon further investigation using the top utility, you found a rogue process that is wasting a great deal of system resources. Unfortunately, the rogue process is a database maintenance program and should be killed with caution. which kill signal would you send this process and why? if the rogue process traps this singal, which other kill signals would you try? which command could you use as a last resort to kill the rogue process?

Solution

For this process we can use SIGTERM signal. It is sent by the kill command. The kill function is used to send a signal. When the rogue process traps the signal then we can use SIGHUP is known as signal hang up. SIGHNUP is a signal sent to a process after its controlling terminal is closed. For killing the rogue process the Signal 9 command is used and it will end the application directly.