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.\" Modified 2004-06-24 by aeb
.\" Modified, 2004-11-30, after idea from emmanuel.colbus@ensimag.imag.fr
.\"
-.TH kill 2 2022-12-04 "Linux man-pages 6.03"
+.TH kill 2 2023-03-30 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
.SH NAME
kill \- send signal to a process
.SH LIBRARY
@@ -100,7 +100,23 @@ has not yet been
.BR wait (2)ed
for.
.SH STANDARDS
-POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
+POSIX.1-2008.
+.SH HISTORY
+POSIX.1-2001, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
+.SS Linux notes
+Across different kernel versions, Linux has enforced different rules
+for the permissions required for an unprivileged process
+to send a signal to another process.
+.\" In the 0.* kernels things chopped and changed quite
+.\" a bit - MTK, 24 Jul 02
+In Linux 1.0 to 1.2.2, a signal could be sent if the
+effective user ID of the sender matched effective user ID of the target,
+or the real user ID of the sender matched the real user ID of the target.
+From Linux 1.2.3 until 1.3.77, a signal could be sent if the
+effective user ID of the sender matched either the real or effective
+user ID of the target.
+The current rules, which conform to POSIX.1, were adopted
+in Linux 1.3.78.
.SH NOTES
The only signals that can be sent to process ID 1, the
.I init
@@ -125,20 +141,6 @@ at least one
unblocked signal must be delivered to the sending thread before the
.BR kill ()
returns.
-.SS Linux notes
-Across different kernel versions, Linux has enforced different rules
-for the permissions required for an unprivileged process
-to send a signal to another process.
-.\" In the 0.* kernels things chopped and changed quite
-.\" a bit - MTK, 24 Jul 02
-In Linux 1.0 to 1.2.2, a signal could be sent if the
-effective user ID of the sender matched effective user ID of the target,
-or the real user ID of the sender matched the real user ID of the target.
-From Linux 1.2.3 until 1.3.77, a signal could be sent if the
-effective user ID of the sender matched either the real or effective
-user ID of the target.
-The current rules, which conform to POSIX.1, were adopted
-in Linux 1.3.78.
.SH BUGS
In Linux 2.6 up to and including Linux 2.6.7,
there was a bug that meant that when sending signals to a process group,