Re: Linux kill all user process without own session

Posted by ErmanArslansOracleBlog on Nov 26, 2014; 6:55am
URL: http://erman-arslan-s-oracle-forum.124.s1.nabble.com/Linux-kill-all-user-process-without-own-session-tp132p135.html

Also "killall5" command can be tried..
Here is the important info about it : "sends a signal to all processes except kernel threads and the processes in its own session, so it wont kill the shell
       that is running the script it was called from."


KILLALL5(8)           Linux System Administratorâs Manual          KILLALL5(8)

NAME
       killall5 -- send a signal to all processes.

SYNOPSIS
       killall5 -signalnumber

DESCRIPTION
       killall5  is  the SystemV killall command. It sends a signal to all processes except kernel threads and the processes in its own session, so it wont kill the shell
       that is running the script it was called from. Its primary (only) use is in the rc scripts found in the /etc/init.d directory.

SEE ALSO
       halt(8), reboot(8)

AUTHOR
       Miquel van Smoorenburg, [e-mail]

                                  04 Nov 2003                      KILLALL5(8)