[PLUG] Allow Users to Kill Process

[Charlie Schluting]

On 1/23/08 2:48 PM, Mark Turner wrote:
> I am stumped with this one...
> I would like to have a group of users that can kill processes on a linux 
> server without using sudo. I would like them to be able to just run 
> 'kill <processes ID>' and have it work for any processes.
> 
> This does not sound secure... I know, trust me but its better than 
> putting everyone in the root group.
> 
> Any idea how I would accomplish this?

But.. this what sudo is for (it's NOT for 'sudo bash'... i.e. providing 
a root shell with your user password). I would allow all people in said 
group access to run the kill command via sudo.

As other people said - just create setuid a C wrapper that takes the PID 
argument and kills it. Only allow people in the desired group to execute it.


  -Charlie