On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 18:25:43 GMT, "Miquel van Smoorenburg" writes: >>>> I have a HP DL380 here with Sarge (current as of now) on it. Problem >>>> is that it's not rebooting, eg if I call `reboot` or `telinit 6`, it >>>> starts sending out TERM and KILL signals, and everything is stopping, >>>> up to and including klogd and syslogd. Then, instead of writing >>>> "Rebooting... " (and actually rebooting), as I'd expect, it again >>>> writes "Sending all processes the TERM signal ..." and does nothing >>>> more.
>> I've checked further, and what's holding it up >> is /etc/rc6.d/S20sendsigs, the `killall5 -15`. I strace'd it, and the >> last thing I get is "rt_sigaction(-1, SIGSTOP" (note the missing ")"). > >Ofcourse, by then the strace process is sigSTOPped too. Heisenbug. D'oh! >> If I background both killall5's, it comes as far as "Saving random >> seed... done", eg S30urandom finishes. >> >>Hmm, can it be that killall5 doesn't actually manage to *not* kill >> itself? > >Ofcourse it goes through great lengths to do exactly that - NOT >kill itself. It kills all processes _except_ itself and its >caller. Any hints on what it _could_ be, or on what I can do to further narrow down the problem? cheers+tia, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | T +43 1 503 72 73 | F +43 1 503 72 73 x99 /
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