Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 15:34:35 -0400 From: twk <twk at ncsu.edu> [...] So now if we assume that a process is costing me resources that I wish to recover, what is the right way to terminate it? As long as a process is actively connected to a connection, you can send it a SIGTERM (standard kill) and it will terminate without hurting anything. Larry