How to kill process(es) owned by different user?
Issue
- Is is possible to kill process(es) owned by different users?
Example:
user A creates process xxxxx
User B executes: kill -12 process xxxxx
Result:
kill (xxxxx) : operation denied
-or-
kill: (xxxxx) - Operation not permitted
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux [ALL]
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