kill -9 -1 does not work any more

[Al Elgert]

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: sparc
OS: solaris2.7
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='sparc'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='solaris2.7' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='sparc-sun-solaris2.  
uname output: SunOS ultra18 5.8 Generic_108528-13 sun4u sparc
SUNW,Sun-Blade-1000
Machine Type: sparc-sun-solaris2.7

Bash Version: 2.05a
Patch Level: 0
Release Status: release

Description:

        $ kill -9 -1
        bash: kill: (1) - Not owner

        "help kill" says:
        ...
        be signal numbers for which names should be listed.  Kill is a shell
        builtin for two reasons: it allows job IDs to be used instead of
        process IDs, and, if you have reached the limit on processes that
        you can create, you don't have to start a process to kill another one.

        But what do you do if you call a "fork bomb" (f.e.: perl -e 
        'while(1) {fork();}') and want to kill all your processes ?
        You can't kill them process by process.

Alexander

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Alexander Elgert
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