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Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 07:13:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: Prentis Brooks <prentis AT aol DOT net>
To: egor duda <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
cc: <HRebs AT heyde DOT de>
Subject: Re: Can't kill other users processes
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On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, egor duda wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Monday, 06 August, 2001 HRebs AT heyde DOT de HRebs AT heyde DOT 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.

hrmmm. except on Unix the root user can kill anything, this is a good point.
And, I am able to kill other user's pids, as long as I am root, haven't tested
domain admin, but local root (Administrator) can nuke other pids.


I have my CYGWIN var setup with "binmode ntsec tty"
HRebs,
	Can you respond with the output of a cygcheck -s?


>
> Egor.            mailto:deo AT logos-m DOT ru ICQ 5165414 FidoNet 2:5020/496.19
>
>
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