Cannot rename ifplugd in /usr/sbin folder

Question

how to uninstall ifplugd?

i try rename ifplugd ifplugd_old but it says Barewood "ifplugd not allowed while "strict subs in use.

looks like it's in use. How to bring it down and rename it or even delete it?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 27 '14 at 06:56

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How to remove ifplugd depends on which kind of package management system (or Linux distribution) you are using:

answered Feb 27 '14 at 06:56

Lee Duhem

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 27 '14 at 06:44

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ps -aux|grep ifplugd

read the process id of ifplugd , and then

kill -9 process_id

Now, you should be able to uninstall it.

answered Feb 27 '14 at 06:44

brokenfoot

I cannot. After I kill the last process using ifplugd, another one auto spawned with ifplugd. – lilzz Feb 27 '14 at 06:53
what is the state of the process when you issue - ps -aux|grep ifplugd – brokenfoot Feb 27 '14 at 06:58
Check if this helps: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/392022/best-way-to-kill-all-child-processes – brokenfoot Feb 27 '14 at 07:09

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