Re: Can't shut down the mud!

From: George (greerga@CIRCLEMUD.ORG)
Date: 09/03/98


On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, Jeannie Stauffer wrote:

>I was logged on the mud when the server hit a major packet of lag.
>My connection timed out.  Now, the mud is still running, but I can't
>log in to it, because my Implementor body is still there, and with
>bpl14 I can't log in while I'm logged in.  Niether can any of the Imms
>and other Imps, who were all logged in when this happened.

You can still log in over your body in bpl14.  Both if the MUD still thinks
you have a connection or don't have a connection.

>I tried creating a .killscript at the directory where the autorun lives,
>but nothing is happening.  The mud is not closing down.

The MUD has to stop for the script to exit.

>I have no way of logging in... no way of closing down... what do I
>do???  Please, please help!

fuser -k -TERM bin/circle

or

cp /dev/null bin/circle

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