Re: kill -9

> Has anyone had success disabling kill -9 so that Online doesn't come > tumbling down when it is issued against an sqlturbo? > (For those that haven't experienced it yet, a kill -9 on an sqlturbo > process results in Online entering abort mode, which is most > unfortunate for all the other users on the system). The kill -9 works on processes that are not in a critical section or not holding a latch. You can find out by doing a "tbstat -us" and see if the process that you are trying to kill is holding either of the two. Informix suggest using a "tbmode -z pid" to kill sqlturbo's, but the process must also not be holding a latch or in a critical section. There is no guarantee, however, from the time you issue a "tbstat -us" and either a "kill -9" or a "tbmode -z" that the process acquires a latch or in a critical section. If this is the case, then OnLine will abort! ############################################################## David Nguyen Internet: davidn@geis.geis.com GE Information Services UUCP: uunet!ge!davidn 401 North Washington Street Voice: 1-301-340-5461 Rockville, MD 20850 USA ##############################################################