Can't kill hung remote CP copy

[Reindl Harald]

Am 14.04.2012 20:19, schrieb Patrick O'Callaghan:
>> When you do a "kill" you are sending a "signal" to a process and that process will
>> act upon it depending on the signal.  For example, if you did a "kill -1" to the
>> named process it will cause it to reread its configuration files and zone files.
>>
>> Whatever process you send the kill to must be in a state where it can receive and
>> process the signal.
> 
> Exactly. The correct view of "kill -9" is not that you kill the process
> but that you order the process to commit suicide. If it's not listening,
> no amount of shouting is going to make a difference.

that is all correct

on the other hand i am missing understanding that there
is no root-command to kill such processes without
"their help"

the kernel should be able to kill anything
sounds like a missing interface for me


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