On Mon, 2005-06-13 11:50:34 -0400, Richard B. Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > How can I (as root) pause or suspend a process? > On VAX/VMS one could do `set process=suspend`. This > would allow the system manager to check on a possibly > rogue user. > > Let's say that "Hacker Jack" just got fired because > he was disrupting a project. One needs to find any of > his processes where he might be deleting a project > tree. Pausing, rather than killing the tasks would > allow evidence to be gathered. Basically, I need > to set the task(s) priorities to something that > will take them out of the run-queue altogether. ~# pkill -SIGSTOP -U richard < examine the situation, attach gdb/strace/ltrace/whatever > If you just want to let'em continue: ~# pkill -SIGCONG -U richard MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw [email protected] . +49-172-7608481 _ O _ "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg _ _ O fuer einen Freien Staat voll Freier Bürger" | im Internet! | im Irak! O O O ret = do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TCPA));
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