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Send a Signal to a Process

You can send a signal to a process using the Process table by setting the kill column to the appropriate signal value.

To send a signal to a process, issue a SNMP Set command for the processKill column for a specific process to the appropriate signal value.

Note: On Windows only signal number SIGKILL (9) is supported.

For example, from a remote network management station console, you can terminate an unauthorized process by setting the value of its processKill column to 9, the number that represents the UNIX SIGKILL signal, which can kill a process.

For more information about signals, see the UNIX signal(3V) man page.