How to Kill a Hung Process

Introduction 

There may be times when you need to kill off a hung process. The following article can help you determine whether the process has truly hung:

How do I know if a process is running or working?

Procedure

You can quickly kill a process through the command line when you have identified the process:

1. Access the server through SSH as the root user.
2. Find the process ID of the process--for example, if you are looking for rsync processes:

   ps -elfwww | grep rsync

   The output looks like this:

   4 S root      3589  3586  0  97  17 - 40955 poll_s Sep08 ?        00:00:04 /usr/local/jetapps/usr/bin/rsync

   The process ID is the fourth field from the left; in this example, it is 3589.

3. Kill the process:

   kill 3589

You may also use the WHM interface:

1. Go to "Home / System Health / Process Manager."
2. Find the process ID for the hung process in the first column on the left.
3. Click on the "(Kill)" link to the right of the process ID.