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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man7/namespaces.7 b/man7/namespaces.7 index 89f70e007b..ae80db832e 100644 --- a/man7/namespaces.7 +++ b/man7/namespaces.7 @@ -352,11 +352,16 @@ This restriction applies even to privileged processes, and prevents other members of the PID namespace from accidentally killing the "init" process. However, within ancestor namespaces -the "init" process is treated as a normal user process: +the "init" process is treated more like a normal user process: any process can\(emsubject to the usual permission checks described in .BR kill (2)\(emsend -any signal to the "init" process, -including signals that may result in its termination. +.B SIGKILL +or +.B SIGSTOP +to the "init" process. +Neither of these signals can be caught by the "init" process, +and so will result in the usual actions associated with those signals +(respectively, terminating and stopping the process). PID namespaces can be nested. When a new PID namespace is created, |