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killpgrp(8)			 User Manuals			   killpgrp(8)

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)

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