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[REQUEST] escalate privileges to kill processes #904

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Atemu opened this issue Aug 4, 2024 · 0 comments
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[REQUEST] escalate privileges to kill processes #904

Atemu opened this issue Aug 4, 2024 · 0 comments
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Atemu commented Aug 4, 2024

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Sometimes you need to kill a privileged process or the process of another user but that is not possible when running btop as a regular user (as one does).

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Btop should open a privilege escalation prompt using polkit and/or sudo when attempting to kill a process that the user is not permitted to kill.

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