Solaris Common Messages and Troubleshooting Guide

Killed

Cause

This message is strictly informational. If the killed process was writing a file, some data might be lost.

Action

Continue with your work.

Technical Notes

This message from the signal handler or various shells indicates that a process has been terminated with a SIGKILL. However, if you do not see this message and cannot terminate a process with a SIGKILL, you might have to reboot the machine to remove that process.