BOSSKILL(8)

NAME
bosskill - send a signal to your boss, or terminate your boss

SYNOPSIS
bosskill [ -signal ] <bossname>

DESCRIPTION
bosskill sends the TERM (terminate, 15) signal to the boss with the specified bossname. If a signal name or number preceded by `-' is given as the first argument, that signal is sent instead of terminate. The killed boss must be in the system administrator's supervisory chain. The following is a list of all signals with names as in the include file <signal.h>:

SIGHUP    1    hangup. Forces
bossname to re-read his/her job description and figure out that he/she knows squat about sysadmin work or life, in general.

SIGINT    2    interrupt. Prevents the
bossname from interrupting the sysadmin for one hour.

SIGQUIT    3    quit. Causes the boss to quit his/her job with no explanation.

SIGILL    4    illegal instruction. Makes the boss believe the last
instruction he/she gave was illegal, so he/she withdraws it.

SIGTRAP    5    trace trap. Display the exact location of the boss.

SIGABRT    6    abort. Makes the boss go home and try again tomorrow.

SIGKILL    9    kill. Game over.

SIGBUS    10   bus error. Boss's transportation fails on the way to work.

SIGSEGV    11   segmentation violation. Boss realizes he/she is trying to do
something for which he/she is not quailified and stops.

SIGSYS    12   bad argument. Boss loses.

SIGPIPE    13   smoke pipe. Boss samples some green leafy substance and
mellows out.

SIGALRM    14   alarm. Boss is startled and falls over. Best used when boss
is walking next to his/her boss.

SIGTERM    15   termination signal. Boss is fired.

BUGS
Sending a SIGABRT to a boss that is already home will cause him/her to walk aimlessly in circles for two hours.

HISTORY
Written by Eric L. Pederson <eric@bofh.org.uk>.