killpgrp

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NAME
       killpgrp - kill all processes in the same process group

SYNOPSIS
       killpgrp

DESCRIPTION
       Kills  all  processes in its process group when a process group leader
       is killed.

       This program needs to be called by the client uid defined  in  amanda,
       and is used to kill VDUMP, VXDUMP, and XFSDUMP in a safe manner. It is
       called by sendsize, the amanda client software.

       killpgrp send a SIGTERM to all processes in its process	group.	If  a
       process	in  the	 group does not exit after three seconds and does not
       answer, killpgp will send a SIGKILL.

OPTIONS
       killpgrp takes no arguments.

SECURITY
       killpgrp needs to be  setuid  root  unless  amanda  is  compiled	 with
       DONT_SUID_ROOT.

SEE ALSO
       amanda(8)

AUTHOR
       Manpage written by Rodrigo Rubira Branco <rrbranco@br.ibm.com>



User Manuals			 May 16, 2006			  killpgrp(8)