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authorKarel Zak2018-08-03 14:08:00 +0200
committerKarel Zak2018-08-03 14:08:00 +0200
commit0dc75983232f3b5fb548648e47b3517655dec43c (patch)
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parentMerge branch 'patch-1' of https://github.com/pmarillo/util-linux (diff)
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su: add note about SIGKILL to the man page
Addresses: https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/443 Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'login-utils')
-rw-r--r--login-utils/su.15
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/login-utils/su.1 b/login-utils/su.1
index d6c615392..84ca104ef 100644
--- a/login-utils/su.1
+++ b/login-utils/su.1
@@ -165,8 +165,9 @@ Upon receiving either
or
.BR SIGTERM ,
.B su
-terminates its child and afterwards terminates itself with
-the received signal.
+terminates its child and afterwards terminates itself with the received signal.
+The child is terminated by SIGTERM, after unsuccessful attempt and 2 seconds of
+delay the child is killed by SIGKILL.
.SH CONFIG FILES
.B su
reads the