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I have a process I would like to kill:

computer@ubuntu:~$ ps aux | grep socat root 2092 0.0 0.0 5564 1528 pts/1 T 14:37 0:00 sudo socat TCP:xxx.17.29.152:54321 PTY,link=/dev/ttyGPS0,raw,echo=0,mode=666 computer@ubuntu:~$ kill 2092 -bash: kill: (2092) - Operation not permitted <--------------- How to kill ??
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    The command you list here is running as root. Have you tried running sudo kill 2092? Commented Sep 3, 2013 at 22:18

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try kill command with with -9 signal if sudo kill 'pid' does not work: sudo kill -9 2092

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    I have a process that cannot be killed even with root (i'm running bash as root already). Any ideas what to try next? Commented Jan 15, 2018 at 15:57
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    What process are you trying to kill and the error you are receiving? Commented Jan 17, 2018 at 0:44
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    It is a stuck iftop and I get a "permission denied". Both iftop and kill are run by root itself. I started iftop from a bash and I can't kill that bash either. Commented Jan 17, 2018 at 9:45
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    I have a process in which I did sudo kill -9 2091 and it still gives this message. Why would that be (os/x high sierra) Commented Sep 29, 2018 at 19:05
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    It seems there are some processes that cannot be killed even like this. I cannot kill softwareupdated like this. Commented Jun 7, 2019 at 3:04
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That command is running under sudo as root, your kill command must as well:

sudo kill 2092

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