Cannot kill a process with kill -9


 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Operating Systems Solaris Cannot kill a process with kill -9
# 1  
Old 02-06-2013
Cannot kill a process with kill -9

Hello everyone,

I have a process that I want to kill. I have tried
Code:
kill-9 PID

but it doesn't work. I have tried
Code:
preap PID

but it doesn't work too.

The parent of my process is the process whose PID is 1, so I can't kill it.

My OS is a Solaris 9.

Can anyone help me understand what's going ?

Thanks,
# 2  
Old 02-06-2013
note:
Code:
kill-9

should be
Code:
kill -9

What return code do you get:

Code:
ps -ef | grep pid
kill -9 pid
echo "return code is: $?"
ps -ef | grep pid

Please post the result
# 3  
Old 02-06-2013
Thak you jim. The kill do not return any code.
# 4  
Old 02-06-2013
Code:
kill -9 25555
echo $?

has to show number. Period. It will return a 1 when the pid does not exist, or you do not have permissions to kill the process.

Something is completely wrong here. Please post EXACTLY what you type and what you get from those two commands. Otherwise this is not going to help you at all.
Login or Register to Ask a Question

Previous Thread | Next Thread

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. Solaris

Not able to kill a process

There is backup client software on Solaris-10. I wanted to restart that application, but one of PID is not getting killed even with -9. Can I try some more things before restarting server. root@pdvtil03:/# ps -ealf | grep -i 6177 0 S root 28101 10844 0 50 20 ? 220 ?... (14 Replies)
Discussion started by: solaris_1977
14 Replies

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Kill an specific process ID using the KILL and GREP commands

Good afternoon I need to KILL a process in a single command sentence, for example: kill -9 `ps -aef | grep 'CAL255.4ge' | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'` That sentence Kills the process ID corresponding to the program CAL255.4ge. However it is possible that the same program... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: enriquegm82
6 Replies

3. Homework & Coursework Questions

kill process

how to protect my processes from others to kill??? (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: samrintu
1 Replies

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Script to start background process and then kill process

What I need to learn is how to use a script that launches background processes, and then kills those processes as needed. The script successfully launches the script. But how do I check to see if the job exists before I kill it? I know my problem is mostly failure to understand parameter... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: holocene
4 Replies

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Shell Script to Kill Process(number of process) Unix/Solaris

Hi Experts, we do have a shell script for Unix Solaris, which will kill all the process manullay, it used to work in my previous env, but now it is throwing this error.. could some one please help me to resolve it This is how we execute the script (and this is the requirement) ... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: jonnyvic
2 Replies

6. Linux

Kill a process without using kill command

I want to Kill a process without using kill command as i don't have privileges to kill the process. I know the pid and i am using Linux 2.6.9 OS. (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: sudhamacs
6 Replies

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Kill a process without using kill command

Sorry, posted the question in other forum. (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: sudhamacs
0 Replies

8. Programming

kill(0,-9) don't kill the process

Hi all i have simple c program , when i wish to kill the app im using kill(0,-9) , but it seams this command don't do any thing and the program. just ignore it . what im doing wrong here ? im using HP-UX ia64 Thanks (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: umen
9 Replies

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

how to start a process and make it sleep for 5 mins and then kill that process

how to start a process and make it sleep for 5 mins and then kill that process (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: shrao
6 Replies

10. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

When kill doesnt work, how to kill a process ?

Hi All, I am unable to kill a process using kill command. I am using HP-UX system. I have tried with kill -9 and i have root privilages. How can i terminate this daemon ? ? ? Regards, Vijay Hegde (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: VijayHegde
3 Replies
Login or Register to Ask a Question