Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!wrdis01!mcgough From: mcgough@wrdis01.af.mil (Jeffrey B. McGough) Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer Subject: Writing a program that cannot be killed except by reboot Message-ID: <444@wrdis01.af.mil> Date: 14 Apr 91 18:45:57 GMT Distribution: na Organization: 1926CCSG Robins AFB Lines: 13 Is there anyway to block ALL signals to a program so that it may not be killed by kill??? I know the manual says that sig 9 may not be caught or blocked but I was wondering if there might be a funny (strange, interesting) hack to get around this... thanks, -- Lator, We cheat the other guy, and pass the savings on to you. Jeffrey B. McGough WR-ALC UNIX Systems Administrator (mcgough@wrdis01.af.mil)