From 0c22d198fb32b2d516d0dfa05874f046a06f4659 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Chaloupka 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 -- 1.9.3