Hi, Using kafka 0.8.2.0. (fresh download).
Started zookeeper with: peter_v@trusty64:~/data/projects/kafka/kafka_current_version$ bin/zookeeper-server-start.sh -daemon config/zookeeper.properties The process is running: peter_v@trusty64:~/data/projects/kafka/kafka_current_version$ ps ax | grep -i 'zookeeper' | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}' 4752 Trying to stop the zookeeper _fails_ with peter_v@trusty64:~/data/projects/kafka/kafka_current_version$ bin/zookeeper-server-stop.sh peter_v@trusty64:~/data/projects/kafka/kafka_current_version$ ps ax | grep -i 'zookeeper' | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}' 4752 It still runs ... (should have stopped) peter_v@trusty64:~/data/projects/kafka/kafka_current_version$ kill -SIGINT 4752 peter_v@trusty64:~/data/projects/kafka/kafka_current_version$ ps ax | grep -i 'zookeeper' | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}' 4752 It still runs ... (should have stopped) peter_v@trusty64:~/data/projects/kafka/kafka_current_version$ kill 4752 peter_v@trusty64:~/data/projects/kafka/kafka_current_version$ ps ax | grep -i 'zookeeper' | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}' peter_v@trusty64:~/data/projects/kafka/kafka_current_version$ Not it was stopped :-) peter_v@trusty64:~/data/projects/kafka/kafka_current_version$ tail -3 bin/zookeeper-server-stop.sh ... ps ax | grep -i 'zookeeper' | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}' | xargs kill -SIGINT The last line of bin/zookeeper-server-stop.sh tries to kill it with -SIGINT signal, but that seems to fail. Killing with the default signal does the job. What would be the proper fix? I could try to submit a JIRA and a patch if that is useful. Thanks, Peter -- Peter Vandenabeele http://www.allthingsdata.io http://www.linkedin.com/in/petervandenabeele https://twitter.com/peter_v gsm: +32-478-27.40.69 e-mail: pe...@vandenabeele.com skype: peter_v_be