Re: killing processes owned by others with kill.exe

On Mar 9 13:28, Rob S.i.k.l.o.s wrote: > Hello, > > patch attached (diff kill.orig.cc kill.new.cc > kill.cc.patch) Thanks, I've applied the patch with formatting changes and a *ChangeLog*. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer

Re: killing processes owned by others with kill.exe

On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, Rob S.i.k.l.o.s wrote: > [snip] > It's taken from the latest source that I got from setup.exe (sorry, no > access to cvs behind firewall). > [snip] Rob, FYI: a couple of li

Re: killing processes owned by others with kill.exe

<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 6:15 PM Subject: Re: killing processes owned by others with kill.exe > On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 05:40:33PM -0500, Rob S.i.k.l.o.s wrote: > >P.S. - I would do this myself, but I don't think I'm qualified to mess with > &g

Re: killing processes owned by others with kill.exe

On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 05:40:33PM -0500, Rob S.i.k.l.o.s wrote: > Hello, > > I've noticed that /bin/kill.exe is unable to kill processes that are run as > another user (e.g. SYSTEM) (even with -f). > > Is this intentional? Non privileged users can only kill their own processes. SYSTEM and membe

Re: killing processes owned by others with kill.exe

On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 05:40:33PM -0500, Rob S.i.k.l.o.s wrote: >P.S. - I would do this myself, but I don't think I'm qualified to mess with >core Cygwin stuff. kill.exe is hardly "core cygwin stuff". I suggest you take a look at the kill.cc code and offer a patch. cgf -- Unsubscribe info:

killing processes owned by others with kill.exe

Hello, I've noticed that /bin/kill.exe is unable to kill processes that are run as another user (e.g. SYSTEM) (even with -f). Is this intentional? If not, would it be possible for someone to use the attached code to make it possible? It is basically a regular version of "windows" kill, except t