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Question 32. CSCD240-E1-B

Send SIGHUP to PID 4112 to reload daemon config.

Work the drill

Answer on paper or in a terminal before revealing the ideal answer.

Ideal answer
kill -HUP 4112
Acceptable alternatives: ["kill -1 4112", "kill -SIGHUP 4112"]

Misconception bank

Each row below is a plausible wrong answer, the thinking that produces it, and the remedy that corrects the misconception. These are the foundation of the multiple-choice framing and the targeted feedback a student receives after answering.

kill 4112
Misconception. SIGTERM terminates; question wants SIGHUP for reload.
Remedy. Memorize common signals: 1=HUP, 2=INT, 9=KILL, 15=TERM.

Authority mappings

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DCWF tasks: T0501
KU outcomes: CO-M9-O2
NCAE errors: Postgres Access / failure: An error was encounter.WWW Port 80 / failure: Failed to connect to serve.SMB Login / failure: SMB operation failed: [Errno.SSH Login / failure: Failed to connect to host: IPSMB Login / failure: SMB operation failed: [Errno.SMB Login / failure: SMB connection failed: proto.SSH Login / partial: The following users failed t.SSH Login / partial: The following users failed t.WWW Port 80 / failure: HTTP not found

Course-artifact links

Lectures

  • CSCD240-S26-L08. Pipes, filters, grep, sort, uniq, wc, tar