12-31-2008
You cannot - not directly, that is - allow group members to kill other users processes. A user kann only kill his own processes, only root (more exactly: any user with uid 0) is allowed to kill any process.
You could create a workaround by using sudo: create a script which checks the group memberships of originator and process in question and which kills the process accordingly. Let this script run with root authority and use sudo to authenticate its use.
I hope this helps.
bakunin
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