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BOSSKILL(8)            DragonFly System Manager's Manual           BOSSKILL(8)


NAME

       bosskill - send a signal to your boss, or terminate your boss


SYNOPSIS

       bosskill [ -signal ] <bossname>


DESCRIPTION

       bosskill sends the TERM (terminate, 15) signal to the boss with the
       specified bossname.  If a signal name or number preceded by `-' is
       given as the first argument, that signal is sent instead of terminate.
       The killed boss must be in the system administrator's supervisory
       chain.

       The following is a list of all signals with names as in the include
       file <signal.h>:

       SIGHUP    1    hangup. Forces bossname to re-read his/her job
                      description and figure out that he/she knows squat about
                      sysadmin work or life, in general.

       SIGINT    2    interrupt. Prevents the bossname from interrupting the
                      sysadmin for one hour.

       SIGQUIT   3    quit. Causes the boss to quit his/her job with no
                      explanation.

       SIGILL    4    illegal instruction. Makes the boss believe the last
                      instruction he/she gave was illegal, so he/she withdraws
                      it.

       SIGTRAP   5    trace trap. Display the exact location of the boss.

       SIGABRT   6    abort. Makes the boss go home and try again tomorrow.

       SIGKILL   9    kill. Game over.

       SIGBUS    10   bus error. Boss's transportation fails on the way to
                      work.

       SIGSEGV   11   segmentation violation. Boss realizes he/she is trying
                      to do something for which he/she is not quailified and
                      stops.

       SIGSYS    12   bad argument. Boss loses.

       SIGPIPE   13   smoke pipe. Boss samples some green leafy substance and
                      mellows out.

       SIGALRM   14   alarm. Boss is startled and falls over. Best used when
                      boss is walking next to his/her boss.

       SIGTERM   15   termination signal. Boss is fired.


BUGS

       Sending a SIGABRT to a boss that is already home will cause him/her to
       walk aimlessly in circles for two hours.


HISTORY

       Written by Eric L. Pederson <eric@bofh.org.uk>.

                               27 September 1995                   BOSSKILL(8)

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