Due to performance issues on a server, a Linux administrator needs to terminate an unresponsive process. Which of the following commands should the administrator use to terminate the process…

The correct answer is A. kill -SIGKILL 5545. To terminate an unresponsive process immediately without waiting for a graceful shutdown, the administrator can use the command kill -SIGKILL 5545 (A). This will send a signal to the process with the PID 5545 that cannot be ignored or handled by the process, and force it to stop.

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Question

Due to performance issues on a server, a Linux administrator needs to terminate an unresponsive process. Which of the following commands should the administrator use to terminate the process immediately without waiting for a graceful shutdown?

Options

Akill -SIGKILL 5545
Bkill -SIGTERM 5545
Ckill -SIGHUP 5545
Dkill -SIGINT 5545

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A
88% (23)
C
4% (1)
D
8% (2)

Explanation

To terminate an unresponsive process immediately without waiting for a graceful shutdown, the administrator can use the command kill -SIGKILL 5545 (A). This will send a signal to the process with the PID 5545 that cannot be ignored or handled by the process, and force it to stop.

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#Linux processes#Process termination#kill command#Signals

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