# How can I stop WEBrick running as a daemon **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [December 23, 2005, 8:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-stop-webrick-running-as-a-daemon/74449 "2005-12-23T08:59:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ssk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@ssk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ssk)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 8:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-stop-webrick-running-as-a-daemon/74449/1 "2005-12-23T08:59:24Z")
Hello! I’m a newbie linux user and I logged in to my web hosting server and tested rails. I ran ‘ruby script/server -d’ (-d means to run as daemon). Now I don’t know how to stop it. I don’t have the root’s power. TIA. Sam ---
**Author:** ![ssk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@ssk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ssk)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 9:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-stop-webrick-running-as-a-daemon/74449/2 "2005-12-23T09:42:16Z")
On 12/23/05, Sam K. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hello! > > I’m a newbie linux user and I logged in to my web hosting server and > tested rails. > I ran ‘ruby script/server -d’ (-d means to run as daemon). > Now I don’t know how to stop it. > I don’t have the root’s power. You started the process, so you can kill it. If you didn’t start it with nohup it might have died when you logged out anyhow. Research ps and kill. TIA. ---
**Author:** ![ssk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@ssk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ssk)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 9:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-stop-webrick-running-as-a-daemon/74449/3 "2005-12-23T09:45:17Z")
Sam K. escribió:\> Sam > $ pidof ruby | xargs kill -9 maybe this helps…