How do I kill a runaway process?

1. You need to know the process id number.
1. Log into the machine that you suspect has a runaway process.
2. Next, type ps -ef at the Unix command line. The ps command lists the active processes on the machine.
3. Find those that are listed under your login name. The first number after your login name is the process id number.
2. You can kill this process by using the kill command. Suppose you want to kill process 21202. Simply type kill -9 21202 at the Unix command line. The -9 flag indicates that you really want to kill the process.