From 0c22d198fb32b2d516d0dfa05874f046a06f4659 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Jan Chaloupka <jchaloup@redhat.com>

Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 20:48:26 +0200

Subject: [PATCH] xinetd.8 reload termination handling

---

 xinetd/man8/xinetd.8 | 6 ++++++

 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/xinetd/man8/xinetd.8 b/xinetd/man8/xinetd.8

index d3b900d..c367f9c 100644

--- a/xinetd/man8/xinetd.8

+++ b/xinetd/man8/xinetd.8

@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ provide features such as access control and logging.  Furthermore,

 .I /etc/services.

 Therefore, anybody can use \fBxinetd\fP to start special-purpose

 servers.

+.LP

+BEWARE of xinetd reload termination handling.

+For services with type = INTERNAL, SIGTERM signal will be sent.

+For services without type = INTERNAL, SIGKILL signall will be sent.

+Take this into an account when dealing with proper handling of the SIGTERM and SIGKILL.

+It is important to be aware of this as your xinetd service could be killed on a xinetd reload.

 .\" *************************** OPTIONS *********************************

 .SH OPTIONS

 .TP

-- 

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