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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/kill.2 b/lib/libc/sys/kill.2 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..98c3050 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/sys/kill.2 @@ -0,0 +1,156 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)kill.2 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/19/94 +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd March 15, 2012 +.Dt KILL 2 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm kill +.Nd send signal to a process +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In sys/types.h +.In signal.h +.Ft int +.Fn kill "pid_t pid" "int sig" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn kill +system call sends the signal given by +.Fa sig +to +.Fa pid , +a +process or a group of processes. +The +.Fa sig +argument +may be one of the signals specified in +.Xr sigaction 2 +or it may be 0, in which case +error checking is performed but no +signal is actually sent. +This can be used to check the validity of +.Fa pid . +.Pp +For a process to have permission to send a signal to a process designated +by +.Fa pid , +the user must be the super-user, or +the real or saved user ID of the receiving process must match +the real or effective user ID of the sending process. +A single exception is the signal SIGCONT, which may always be sent +to any process with the same session ID as the sender. +In addition, if the +.Va security.bsd.conservative_signals +.Xr sysctl +is set to 1, the user is not a super-user, and +the receiver is set-uid, then +only job control and terminal control signals may +be sent (in particular, only SIGKILL, SIGINT, SIGTERM, SIGALRM, +SIGSTOP, SIGTTIN, SIGTTOU, SIGTSTP, SIGHUP, SIGUSR1, SIGUSR2). +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It \&If Fa pid No \&is greater than zero : +The +.Fa sig +signal +is sent to the process whose ID is equal to +.Fa pid . +.It \&If Fa pid No \&is zero : +The +.Fa sig +signal +is sent to all processes whose group ID is equal +to the process group ID of the sender, and for which the +process has permission; +this is a variant of +.Xr killpg 2 . +.It \&If Fa pid No \&is -1 : +If the user has super-user privileges, +the signal is sent to all processes excluding +system processes +(with +.Dv P_SYSTEM +flag set), +process with ID 1 +(usually +.Xr init 8 ) , +and the process sending the signal. +If the user is not the super user, the signal is sent to all processes +with the same uid as the user excluding the process sending the signal. +No error is returned if any process could be signaled. +.El +.Pp +For compatibility with System V, +if the process number is negative but not -1, +the signal is sent to all processes whose process group ID +is equal to the absolute value of the process number. +This is a variant of +.Xr killpg 2 . +.Sh RETURN VALUES +.Rv -std kill +.Sh ERRORS +The +.Fn kill +system call +will fail and no signal will be sent if: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EINVAL +The +.Fa sig +argument +is not a valid signal number. +.It Bq Er ESRCH +No process or process group can be found corresponding to that specified by +.Fa pid . +.It Bq Er EPERM +The sending process does not have permission to send +.Va sig +to the receiving process. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr getpgrp 2 , +.Xr getpid 2 , +.Xr killpg 2 , +.Xr sigaction 2 , +.Xr sigqueue 2 , +.Xr raise 3 , +.Xr init 8 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn kill +system call is expected to conform to +.St -p1003.1-90 . +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Fn kill +function appeared in +.At v7 . |