Index: kill.cc
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/uberbaum/winsup/utils/kill.cc,v
retrieving revision 1.22
diff -u -p -r1.22 kill.cc
--- kill.cc	20 Sep 2003 20:24:33 -0000	1.22
+++ kill.cc	9 Mar 2004 22:01:51 -0000
@@ -125,9 +125,38 @@ listsig (const char *in_sig)
     }
 }
 
+static void
+getDebugPriv( void )
+{
+  HANDLE hToken;
+  LUID sedebugnameValue;
+  TOKEN_PRIVILEGES tkp;
+
+  if ( ! OpenProcessToken( GetCurrentProcess(),
+    TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES | TOKEN_QUERY, &hToken ) )
+    return;
+
+  if ( !LookupPrivilegeValue( NULL, SE_DEBUG_NAME, &sedebugnameValue ) )
+  {
+    CloseHandle( hToken );
+    return;
+  }
+
+  tkp.PrivilegeCount = 1;
+  tkp.Privileges[0].Luid = sedebugnameValue;
+  tkp.Privileges[0].Attributes = SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED;
+
+  AdjustTokenPrivileges( hToken, FALSE, &tkp, sizeof tkp, NULL, NULL );
+
+  CloseHandle( hToken );
+}
+
 static void __stdcall
 forcekill (int pid, int sig, int wait)
 {
+  // try to acquire SeDebugPrivilege
+  getDebugPriv();
+
   external_pinfo *p = (external_pinfo *) cygwin_internal (CW_GETPINFO_FULL, pid);
   DWORD dwpid = p ? p->dwProcessId : (DWORD) pid;
   HANDLE h = OpenProcess (PROCESS_TERMINATE, FALSE, (DWORD) dwpid);
@@ -254,3 +283,4 @@ out:
     }
   return ret;
 }
+