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

[Ulrich Windl]

>>> Paul Menzel <pmenzel+systemd-devel at molgen.mpg.de> schrieb am 06.05.2020 um
11:26 in Nachricht
<12189_1588757179_5EB282BB_12189_122_1_f3c28f74-4675-ff7b-edd2-66f52e12831f at molg
n.mpg.de>:
> 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.

Ah "main" is literal. Sorry, I misinterpreted the manual page thinking
-kill-who expects a PID of the types listed...

> 
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Paul
> _______________________________________________
> systemd-devel mailing list
> systemd-devel at lists.freedesktop.org 
> https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel