Thanks Kevin. I'll give it a try.

Trevor.

Kevin McDermott wrote:
> 
> Trevor Oxborrow wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone know how to assign the kill executable to any login other
> > than root? I would like to enable a superuser to kill hung user
> > sessions, but do not want to release the root password.
> > --
> Trevor,
> 
> My suggestion is to use sudo, which is fairly configurable, and can be
> used to allow specific users the privilege of running specific binaries
> as root, this is a better solution than chmod +s (setuid root as it's
> known).
> 
> If you've not got it installed, then it's fairly easy to setup and
> configure...need any more help feel free to mail me.
> 
> Kevin McDermott
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