SysIII/usr/src/man/man1/errstop.1m
.TH ERRSTOP 1M
.SH NAME
errstop \- terminate the error-logging daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR /etc/errstop " [ namelist ]"
.SH DESCRIPTION
The error-logging daemon
.IR errdemon (1M)
is terminated by using
.IR errstop .
This is accomplished by executing
.IR ps (1)
to determine the daemon's identity and then sending
it a software kill signal (see
.IR signal (2));
.B /unix
is used as the system namelist if
none is specified.
Only the super-user may use
.IR errstop .
.SH FILES
.ta \w'/unix 'u
/unix default system namelist
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
The diagnostics produced by
.I errstop\^
are intended to be self-explanatory.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
errdemon(1M),
ps(1),
kill(2).