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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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