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<refentryinfo>

<title>systemd.kill</title>

<productname>systemd</productname>

<authorgroup>

<author>

<contrib>Developer</contrib>

<firstname>Lennart</firstname>

<surname>Poettering</surname>

<email>lennart@poettering.net</email>

</author>

</authorgroup>

</refentryinfo>

<refmeta>

<refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle>

<manvolnum>5</manvolnum>

</refmeta>

<refnamediv>

<refname>systemd.kill</refname>

<refpurpose>Kill environment configuration</refpurpose>

</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>

<para><filename>systemd.service</filename>,

<filename>systemd.socket</filename>,

<filename>systemd.mount</filename>,

<filename>systemd.swap</filename></para>

</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1>

<title>Description</title>

<para>Unit configuration files for services, sockets,

mount points and swap devices share a subset of

configuration options which define the process killing

parameters of spawned processes.</para>

<para>This man page lists the configuration options

shared by these four unit types. See

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>

for the common options of all unit configuration

files, and

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.swap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>

and

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>

for more information on the specific unit

configuration files. The execution specific

configuration options are configured in the [Service],

[Socket], [Mount], or [Swap] section, depending on the unit

type.</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>Options</title>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>

<term><varname>KillMode=</varname></term>

<listitem><para>Specifies how

processes of this service shall be

killed. One of

<option>control-group</option>,

<option>process</option>,

<option>none</option>.</para>

<para>If set to

<option>control-group</option> all

remaining processes in the control

group of this unit will be terminated

on unit stop (for services: after the

stop command is executed, as

configured with

<varname>ExecStop=</varname>). If set

to <option>process</option> only the

main process itself is killed. If set

to <option>none</option> no process is

killed. In this case only the stop

command will be executed on unit

stop, but no process be killed

otherwise. Processes remaining alive

after stop are left in their control

group and the control group continues

to exist after stop unless it is

empty. Defaults to

<option>control-group</option>.</para>

<para>Processes will first be

terminated via SIGTERM (unless the

signal to send is changed via

<varname>KillSignal=</varname>). If

then after a delay (configured via the

<varname>TimeoutSec=</varname> option)

processes still remain, the

termination request is repeated with

the SIGKILL signal (unless this is

disabled via the

<varname>SendSIGKILL=</varname>

option). See

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>

for more

information.</para></listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><varname>KillSignal=</varname></term>

<listitem><para>Specifies which signal

to use when killing a

service. Defaults to SIGTERM.

</para></listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><varname>SendSIGKILL=</varname></term>

<listitem><para>Specifies whether to

send SIGKILL to remaining processes

after a timeout, if the normal

shutdown procedure left processes of

the service around. Takes a boolean

value. Defaults to "yes".

</para></listitem>

</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>See Also</title>

<para>

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.swap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>

</para>

</refsect1>

</refentry>