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Q&A What are the concrete security risks of forcibly terminating a process?

I'm using the Gnome System Monitor in Linux Mint. Whenever I attempt to "End" or "Kill" a process, I am given this warning via a modal dialog (emphasis mine): Killing a process may destroy data,...

2 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Karl Knechtel‭  ·  last activity 10mo ago by Kamil Maciorowski‭

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Q&A How can I use SIGUSR1 or SIGUSR2 without risk of terminating the process?

SIGUSR1 and SIGUSR2 are user-defined signals. Imagine there is a tool designed to do something useful upon receiving one or the other. The problem is the default action for these signals is Term (...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by Kamil Maciorowski‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Kamil Maciorowski‭

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