About SIGKILL

[cyrus]

Is SIGKILL in UNIX operating system a forceful kill.Where can one find the reason when a SIGKILL occurs.

[sammy]

Two signal which can neither be ignored nor catched by invoking a signal handler are SIGKILL and SIGSTOP. It is necessary for the super user to have the powers to kill any process with SIGKILL or stop it with SIGSTOP. This is one of the main scenarios in which SIGKILL takes its presence.