IMO - the java app should provide a way to tell it to exit gracefully - and the stop script would exercise that.
Scott On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 7:43 AM, CHAPLIN, JAMES (CTR) < james.chap...@associates.dhs.gov> wrote: > Our programmers have been creating java based applications that they > start and stop using simple scripts. The start script call java to start > the program; however the stop script issues a simple kill command > against the PID. > > Our problem if User A start the program, only User A can kill it (except > for root). We want anyone in the group level to be able to also issue > the kill command (in the script). Is there a way to allow users in a > group to kill each other's started processes. > > Being new to the zLinux and Java worlds, is it standard to issue a 'kill > -9 pid" to terminate a java program? Is there a better way and how does > issuing a kill de-allocate memory and other issues? > > James Chaplin > Systems Programmer, MVS, zVM & zLinux > Base Technologies, Inc > Supporting the zSeries Platform Team > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
