diff --git a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
index d3b79d074..772aadca4 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
+++ b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
@@ -158,7 +158,9 @@ $xcatdir = (($tmp and $tmp->{value}) ? $tmp->{value} : "/etc/xcat");
 
 $sitetab->close;
 my $progname;
+my $pipeexpected;
 $SIG{PIPE} = sub { 
+    if ($pipeexpected) { return; }
     confess "SIGPIPE $$progname encountered a broken pipe (probably Ctrl-C by client)";
 };
 $progname = \$0;
@@ -1354,7 +1356,11 @@ sub dispatch_callback {
 sub relay_dispatch {
    my $fds = shift;
    my $dispatch_cb = shift;
-   my @ready_ins = $fds->can_read(1);
+   my @ready_ins;
+   eval {
+   @ready_ins = $fds->can_read(1);
+   };
+   if ($@) { undef $@; return 0; }
    foreach my $rin (@ready_ins) {
       my $data;
       if ($data = <$rin>) {
@@ -1403,6 +1409,13 @@ sub dispatch_request {
 
   $dispatch_children=0;
   $SIG{CHLD} = \&dispatch_reaper; #sub {my $cpid; while (($cpid =waitpid(-1, WNOHANG)) > 0) { if ($dispatched_children{$cpid}) { delete $dispatched_children{$cpid}; $dispatch_children--; } } };
+  $SIG{TERM} = $SIG{INT} = sub {                        
+   foreach (keys %dispatched_children) {              
+      kill 2, $_;                                     
+   }
+  };                                                
+
+
   my $onlyone=0;
   if (defined $reqs and (scalar(@{$reqs}) == 1)) {
       $onlyone=1;
@@ -1576,6 +1589,7 @@ sub convey_response {
   }
   unless ($resp) { return; }
   $resp = freeze($resp);
+  $pipeexpected=1;
   #$resp = XMLout($resp,KeyAttr=>[], NoAttr=>1,RootName=>'xcatresponse');
   #sanitize the response, to avoid being killed by non-printable bytes
   #$resp =~ tr/\011-\177/?/c;
@@ -1905,6 +1919,7 @@ sub relay_fds { #Relays file descriptors from pipes to children to the SSL socke
       }
       $clientintr=XMLin($clientintr, SuppressEmpty=>undef,ForceArray=>1 );
       if ($clientintr->{abortcommand}->[0]) {
+          $pipeexpected=1;
           print "Aborting...";
          foreach (keys %plugin_children) {
             print "Sending INT to $_\n";
@@ -1916,7 +1931,7 @@ sub relay_fds { #Relays file descriptors from pipes to children to the SSL socke
             close($cin);
          }
          xCAT::MsgUtils->message("S", "Client abort requested");
-         die;
+         exit(0);
       }
    }
   yield; #Give other processes, including children, explicit control, to avoid uselessly aggressive looping