DOCUMENT ID: 1498-02 SYNOPSIS: Can't kill a process OS RELEASE: Solaris 2.x PRODUCT: KEYWORDS: signal kill process DESCRIPTION: No matter which signal is specified in a kill command a process won't die. SOLUTION: A process is "hung" not responding to any signals from the kill command. The reason for this behavior is the process is generally sleeping on an I/O operation. A missed interrupt is a prime cause. An example is a runaway tape read operation. When a process is sleeping on an I/O operation all signals are ignored. This is an age-old problem in the UNIX world. DATE APPROVED: 09/05/95