Re: kill(2)

[Tim Hurman <kano-tlug@example.com>]

Basically, to send a signal to a process you have two options
	1) the process must be owned by you
	2) you must be root

Tim.

On 28 Jun 2001, Viktor Pavlenko wrote:

> Here is an excerpt from HP's kill(2) man page (the one on linux
> is too sparse):
>
>    The real or effective user ID of the sending process must match the
>    real or saved user ID of the receiving process unless the effective
>    user ID of the sending process is a user who has appropriate
>    privileges.
>
> Can anybody tell me what's exactly `appropriate privileges'?