On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> 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
I think that's supposed to be "-SIGCONT" instead. :-)
> MfG, JBG
>
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>
-Vadim L
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