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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?

A.
kill -SIGKILL 5545
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A.
kill -SIGKILL 5545
B.
kill -SIGTERM 5545
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B.
kill -SIGTERM 5545
C.
kill -SIGHUP 5545
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C.
kill -SIGHUP 5545
D.
kill -SIGINT 5545
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D.
kill -SIGINT 5545
Suggested answer: A

Explanation:

SIGKILL is used to immediately terminate a process without allowing it to clean up. It does not give the process a chance to gracefully shut down, which is what's needed in the case of an unresponsive process.

asked 02/10/2024
Bonginhlanhla Mtshali
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