How to kill an openvz container?

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Published on 2012-10-05T21:33:10Z Indexed on 2012/10/06 9:39 UTC
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An openvz container can be stopped with

vzctl stop <id>

, but this needs the cooperation from the init inside the container. In case a container is compromised a way is needed to stop the container withouts its cooperation. Something like a

vzctl kill <id>

is needed which kills all processes inside the container and puts it into the stopped state. Such a kill command is not listed in the manpage.

How can an openvz container be killed/stopped without needing it's cooperation?

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