Unable to skill a process in RHEL 8

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • When I try to kill a running process using the skill command in RHEL 8, nothing happens. An strace shows a SIGKILL is not even sent.

  • The skill command works correctly in RHEL 7 and RHEL 9, but not RHEL 8.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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