[systemd-devel] Q: systemctl kill: "Invalid who argument 15862"

[Paul Menzel]

Dear Ulrich,


Am 06.05.20 um 11:21 schrieb Ulrich Windl:

> I have a question for systemd-228-150.82.1.x86_64 (of SLES12 SP4):
> While developing a script for logrotate, I tested this command with the
> following result:
> 
> # systemctl kill -s HUP --kill-who=15862 iotwatch at LOC1.service
> Failed to kill unit iotwatch at LOC1.service: Invalid who argument 15862

[…]

> Did I misinterpret the manual page, or what is the problem?
> 
>         --kill-who=
>             When used with kill, choose which processes to send a signal to.
>             Must be one of main, control or all to select whether to kill only
>             the main process, the control process or all processes of the
> unit.

I understand it, that only *main*, *control* or *all* are valid arguments.


Kind regards,

Paul