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Re: Can't kill other users processes
- To: HRebs at heyde dot de
- Subject: Re: Can't kill other users processes
- From: egor duda <deo at logos-m dot ru>
- Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 12:56:38 +0400
- CC: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Organization: deo
- References: <992CBEE6DB33D51195E900005A99327C050E6B@hddsrv3.heyde-dd.de>
- Reply-To: egor duda <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
Hi!
Monday, 06 August, 2001 HRebs@heyde.de HRebs@heyde.de wrote:
Hhd> Even if I am loged on as root (administrator) I can't kill other
Hhd> users processes.
Hhd> Kill always complains: Not owner!
this is by design. if some user was able to kill other user's
processes it would be serious breach in security. Unices don't allow
this too.
Egor. mailto:deo@logos-m.ru ICQ 5165414 FidoNet 2:5020/496.19
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