Style question - how to kill process based on user name / tty?

[gwyn at BRL-VLD.ARPA]

From:      Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn at BRL-VLD.ARPA>

The cleanest way is STILL to run "ps" (with appropriate options) and
scan for the combination that you are interested in (e.g. matching
UID & CTTY).  That way, when the kernel data structures change (ours
do every once in a while) your "killer program" will still work.