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.TH "SYSTEMD\&.KILL" "5" "" "systemd 204" "systemd.kill"
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.SH "NAME"
systemd.kill \- Kill environment configuration
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.PP
\fIservice\fR\&.service,
\fIsocket\fR\&.socket,
\fImount\fR\&.mount,
\fIswap\fR\&.swap
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
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\&.
.PP
This man page lists the configuration options shared by these four unit types\&. See
\fBsystemd.unit\fR(5)
for the common options of all unit configuration files, and
\fBsystemd.service\fR(5),
\fBsystemd.socket\fR(5),
\fBsystemd.swap\fR(5)
and
\fBsystemd.mount\fR(5)
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\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fIKillMode=\fR
.RS 4
Specifies how processes of this service shall be killed\&. One of
\fBcontrol\-group\fR,
\fBprocess\fR,
\fBnone\fR\&.
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If set to
\fBcontrol\-group\fR
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
\fIExecStop=\fR)\&. If set to
\fBprocess\fR
only the main process itself is killed\&. If set to
\fBnone\fR
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
\fBcontrol\-group\fR\&.
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Processes will first be terminated via SIGTERM (unless the signal to send is changed via
\fIKillSignal=\fR)\&. If then after a delay (configured via the
\fITimeoutSec=\fR
option) processes still remain, the termination request is repeated with the SIGKILL signal (unless this is disabled via the
\fISendSIGKILL=\fR
option)\&. See
\fBkill\fR(2)
for more information\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIKillSignal=\fR
.RS 4
Specifies which signal to use when killing a service\&. Defaults to SIGTERM\&.
.RE
.PP
\fISendSIGKILL=\fR
.RS 4
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"\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP

\fBsystemd\fR(1),
\fBsystemctl\fR(8),
\fBjournalctl\fR(8),
\fBsystemd.unit\fR(5),
\fBsystemd.service\fR(5),
\fBsystemd.socket\fR(5),
\fBsystemd.swap\fR(5),
\fBsystemd.mount\fR(5),
\fBsystemd.exec\fR(5),
\fBsystemd.directives\fR(7)