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Give group permission to only kill specific process which is started by root

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I want the members of a certain group to kill python.

pidof python | xargs kill

This is no problem when python has been started by themself. But when root has started a python process than the users of the group can't kill python.

I can fix this to allow the group members to use kill without password.

%nohup ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/kill

But now the group members can kill each process. I only want them to kill python.

How can I give permission to a group to kill only a specific proces that has been started by root?

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answered 1 Year ago onbean · Accepted Answer

I would recommend writing a shell script that is allowed with NOPASSWD that simply contains the following:

#!/bin/bash

killall python

#pkill could also have been used