Re: [Condor-devel] LSB-ish init script for Condor

[Matthew Farrellee <matt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Peter Keller wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 01:08:24PM -0600, Alain Roy wrote:
> > Why not use condor_off -master? I'm not sure I have an opinion, I'm  
> > just curious.
>
> Well, condor_off -master could actually take a very long time to shut
> off condor due to various things "nicely" exiting. condor_off -master
> -fast would probably be better.
>
> However, if you're screwing around with your config files, happening to alter
> something about how Condor authenticates tools talking to it, then your
> attempt to stop it would be left with a permission denied in the master log
> and the daemons running. This is most likely unacceptable.
>
> If you wanted to be "nice" in shutting off condor, then do an off
> -master -fast, wait a bit, see if the process is still alive, then kill
> it with -TERM, see if it is alive, then put it down with -9.
>
> Thank you.
>
> -pete

Actually, killproc sends a -TERM then waits a bit and sends a -KILL. If 
I read the MasterLog correctly the -TERM signals a graceful shutdown, 
which gets about 4 seconds to work before the -KILL hits.

Best,


matt