Technical Tip: How to terminate a closed CLI session running a ping with a large number of repeat-count

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Description	This article describes how to terminate a closed CLI session while running a ping with a large number of repeat-count. When a terminal session is unexpectedly closed while running ping with a large number of repeat-count, it still sends ICMP requests to the configured server and there does not seem to be any way to stop sending the packets. execute ping-options view-settings Ping Options: Repeat Count: 10000000
Scope	FortiGate.
Solution	Run the command 'fnsysctl ps -ef', to find PIDs of '/bin/newcli' processes related to the ping with a large number of repeat-count. For the processes, it is possible to remove it by executing 'kill -9 <PID>' or '# killall newcli'. Examples: fnsysctl ps -ef 1145 0 0 S /bin/newcli 1211 0 0 S /bin/newcli 1217 0 0 S /bin/newcli 1229 0 0 S /bin/newcli 1232 0 0 S /bin/newcli 1237 0 0 S /bin/newcli # kill -9 1145 # kill -9 1211 # kill -9 1217 # kill -9 1229 # kill -9 1232 # kill -9 1237 It is also possible to use only one command to kill all the process instances of a specific process. fnsysctl killall <process name>  For example to kill all 'newcli' kills, proceed at once:  fnsysctl killall newcli Note: The 'fnsysctl' command is only available for administrator accounts with super_admin privilege. Running a 'killall' CLI command on a process can make the system unstable. Related articles: Technical Tip: How to restart/kill one or several processes on the FortiGate with CLI commands Technical Tip: Find and restart/kill a process on a FortiGate by the process ID (PID) via pidof