kill - Send a specified signal to a process or process group.

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Kill user processess on logout

I have a Ubuntu server that handles remote X sessions from users. However, I don't want to allow users to run any kind of background processes - so here is my question: How do I prevent users from ...
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Kill nohup command on cluster

Last night I launched a command via nohup on a cluster and then closed the connection. Today I would like to kill this job (I know it's still running because output is being generated in an output ...
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`[java] <defunct>` with defunct children -> Any way to collect them?

Relating to question : What if 'kill -9' doesn't work? I have following situation : zombie process with threads, not collected by init : [root@Arch64]# ps auxH | grep java gwpl 569 ...
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Rogue Java process brings my computer to a halt

In reference to my earlier post: Is there a log of past threads that are now closed? I gave the process a kill -STOP signal and started examining the details. I can't seem to figure out why it is ...
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Trap signals by an external shell on bash?

I tried to do this script: #!/bin/bash trap "echo trapped!" SIGUSR2 sleep 3s kill -SIGUSR2 $$; exit 0 and it works because it kills itself "from the inner". if i try this #!/bin/bash trap "echo ...