* nate (debian-user@aphroland.org) [021108 20:09]: > Matthew Daubenspeck said: > > After having a mess of connection problems that caused my ssh sessions to > > drop, I noticed that the 'w' command still thinks there are users logged > > in that I know are not. > check the process table to see if shells for those ttys are still > open. > then kill the process ids. I have found when killing dead sessions > only kill -9 to the shell seems to work(at least with bash). really? kill -HUP generally works for me. It's good to try that first, before going all the way to -9, anyway. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- http://www.anti-dmca.org/
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