kill question.

[Stefano_65]

hi everybody, here my question:
I've 2 users, same group. user1 run a process, and user2 needs to kill it. How can I do that?

thanx
s.

[Pete Randall · Accepted solution]

Only root can kill another user's process. You would have to write a root-owned script that would run with the suid bit set in order for user1 to kill user2's process.

The alternative is to install and setup sudo.


Pete

[RAC_1]

sudo tool

Get it here.
http://hpux.connect.org.uk

[Stefano_65]

I'm thinking about sudo, but I don't want give to user2 the kill feature on every proc..

thanx anyway..
s.

[Yogeeraj_1]

hi,

the group concept is only valid for files and directories. When comming to processes, you can only kill your own process.

Only root can kill any process or you can use sudo as mentioned by previous posters

good luck

kind regards
yogeeraj

[Arunvijai_4]

Hi Stefano,

You can't do with kill -9 for user2. Only root can do it. Use sudo for this purpose.

http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=HPUXIEXP1111

-Arun