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Re:6.5 Million LinkedIn Password Hashes Leaked by bmnbug on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @04:03PM (#4075890)
kill -9 -1 is better than kill -9 $$
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Re:6.5 Million LinkedIn Password Hashes Leaked by alanh on Thursday June 07, 2012 @12:19AM (#4077585)
How so?
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Re:6.5 Million LinkedIn Password Hashes Leaked by mcpherrinm on Thursday June 07, 2012 @02:18AM (#4077837)
That post was a troll. -1 is a special PID: It indicates that all processes that you can kill should be.

Kill -9 -1 as root is a surefire way to make a system stop doing anything, fast.

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