p_candebug(9) [freebsd man page]

P_CANDEBUG(9)						   BSD Kernel Developer's Manual					     P_CANDEBUG(9)

NAME

     p_candebug -- determine debuggability of a process

SYNOPSIS

     #include <sys/param.h>
     #include <sys/proc.h>

     int
     p_candebug(struct thread *td, struct proc *p);

DESCRIPTION

     This function can be used to determine if a given process p is debuggable by the thread td.

SYSCTL VARIABLES

     The following sysctl(8) variables directly influence the behaviour of p_candebug():

     kern.securelevel
	     Debugging of the init process is not allowed if this variable is 1 or greater.

     security.bsd.unprivileged_proc_debug
	     Must be set to a non-zero value to allow unprivileged processes access to the kernel's debug facilities.

RETURN VALUES

     The p_candebug() function returns 0 if the process denoted by p is debuggable by thread td, or a non-zero error return value otherwise.

ERRORS

     [EACCESS]		The MAC subsystem denied debuggability.

     [EAGAIN]		Process p is in the process of being exec()'ed.

     [EPERM]		Thread td lacks super-user credentials and process p is executing a set-user-ID or set-group-ID executable.

     [EPERM]		Thread td lacks super-user credentials and process p's group set is not a subset of td's effective group set.

     [EPERM]		Thread td lacks super-user credentials and process p's user IDs do not match thread td's effective user ID.

     [EPERM]		Process p denotes the initial process initproc() and the sysctl(8) variable kern.securelevel is greater than zero.

     [ESRCH]		Process p is not visible to thread td as determined by cr_seeotheruids(9) or cr_seeothergids(9).

     [ESRCH]		Thread td has been jailed and process p does not belong to the same jail as td.

     [ESRCH]		The MAC subsystem denied debuggability.

SEE ALSO

     jail(2), sysctl(8), cr_seeothergids(9), cr_seeotheruids(9), mac(9), p_cansee(9), prison_check(9)

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								 November 19, 2006							       BSD

KILL(2) 						      BSD System Calls Manual							   KILL(2)

NAME

     kill -- send signal to a process

SYNOPSIS

     #include <signal.h>

     int
     kill(pid_t pid, int sig);

DESCRIPTION

     The kill() function sends the signal given by sig to pid, a process or a group of processes.  Sig may be one of the signals specified in
     sigaction(2) or it may be 0, in which case error checking is performed but no signal is actually sent.  This can be used to check the valid-
     ity of pid.

     For a process to have permission to send a signal to a process designated by pid, the real or effective user ID of the receiving process must
     match that of the sending process or the user must have appropriate privileges (such as given by a set-user-ID program or the user is the
     super-user).  A single exception is the signal SIGCONT, which may always be sent to any descendant of the current process.

     If pid is greater than zero:
	     Sig is sent to the process whose ID is equal to pid.

     If pid is zero:
	     Sig is sent to all processes whose group ID is equal to the process group ID of the sender, and for which the process has permission;
	     this is a variant of killpg(2).

     If pid is -1:
	     If the user has super-user privileges, the signal is sent to all processes excluding system processes and the process sending the
	     signal.  If the user is not the super user, the signal is sent to all processes with the same uid as the user excluding the process
	     sending the signal.  No error is returned if any process could be signaled.

     For compatibility with System V, if the process number is negative but not -1, the signal is sent to all processes whose process group ID is
     equal to the absolute value of the process number.  This is a variant of killpg(2).

RETURN VALUES

     Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.  Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

     Kill() will fail and no signal will be sent if:

     [EINVAL]		Sig is not a valid signal number.

     [ESRCH]		No process can be found corresponding to that specified by pid.

     [ESRCH]		The process id was given as 0 but the sending process does not have a process group.

     [EPERM]		The sending process is not the super-user and its effective user id does not match the effective user-id of the receiving
			process.  When signaling a process group, this error is returned if any members of the group could not be signaled.

SEE ALSO

     getpid(2), getpgrp(2), killpg(2), sigaction(2)

STANDARDS

     The kill() function is expected to conform to IEEE Std 1003.1-1988 (``POSIX.1'').

4th Berkeley Distribution					  April 19, 1994					 4th Berkeley Distribution