Finding init process ID or killing container

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If "vzctl stop <CTID>" or "vzctl restart <CTID>" hangs then we can kill the container using following steps:

  1. Find container init process ID using:
    lsof 2>&1 | grep /vz/root/<CTID>/ | grep -v UID | less
    The process which has /dev/null open inside the container is init. Typically first lowest (PID) should also be of init
  2. Use ' kill -9 <init-pid>' to kill the container.



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