kill command on SCO UNIX 4.2

[acmcims]

I am new to the UNIX world and am in need of the proper way to get information on the Server. From time to time I have to run a kill on a terminal (TTY) in house, and to do so through the software is troublesome. The Software Company installed and performs the upkeep on the server, but I have to keep the rest of it going and they will not provide information on how to do things for myself. I am well trained in Microsoft products, but not in UNIX. If anyone has any insight into documentation on the subject, or just some quick tips, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks
SJ

 

[edfair]

man ps
man kill
between them you will have all the info you need. Come back for further help. Ed Fair
efair@atlnet.com

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[butchrecon]

You can also do the following (assuming you know the tty#)

ps -ef |grep tty(the tty#)

Look for the PID # on the left side. Next do a kill -9 (the PID # you just found)
Example: ps -ef | grep tty1


VID PID PPID C STIME TTY
user 123 1 0 MAR19 ? 1

Then:
kill -9 123
This should kill the tty process.

I am not to familiar with SCO 4.2. I use SCO 5 + and this works for me.

Hope this helps

Jim

 

[abovebrd]

Take a basic unix admin course.

Go to your local book store. There are a number of good refernce books related to unix admin. I have even seen one or two directly related to SCO opneserver.


Become very familuar with the man page utility.


-Danny