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kill a root process as user

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Topic: Kill a root process as user
SDP: 6.3.2
Target: Any supported target

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Recommendation

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"root process" what is that ? :

pidin "user" displays only 0 0 0 0 0 0 so that is a root process:
example:

# pidin -psyslogd user
pid name uid gid euid egid suid sgid
108953654 usr/sbin/syslogd 0 0 0 0 0 0

So syslogd is a "root process" .

How to kill syslogd as non root user ?

As root :

set the s-bit on op :

# chmod +s /usr/bin/op
# ls -l /usr/bin/op
-rwsrwsr-x 1 root root 4192 Sep 07 2007 /usr/bin/op

as user do:

$/usr/bin/op slay syslogd

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NOTE: This entry has been validated against the SDP version listed above. Use caution when considering this advice for any other SDP version. For supported releases, please reach out to QNX Technical Support if you have any questions/concerns.

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