How to handle SIGKILL?

[Divyang Mithaiwala]

I am developing application with C++ (g++). Is it possible to catch & handle signal SIGKILL? If yes then how? If no then why? I am able to catch & handle some other signals (like SIGTERM, SIGSEGV).

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Do not trust a computer... Always check what computer is doing regards, Divyang Mithaiwala Software Engineer

[Jimmanuel]

Wikipedia[^]: "this signal cannot be caught or ignored" The OS needs a way to kill rogue processes that programmers can't circumvent. Otherwise it would be pretty easy for a programmer to either maliciously or accidentally lock up the OS.

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