Permissions for package owner for kill session?

Question

What permissions does a package owner need to execute immediate 'alter system kill session' within a package?

Answer 1

Are you sure? It works for me on 10.2.0.1 (32 bit Windows)
SYS @ jcave102 Local> drop user bob cascade;
User dropped.
Elapsed: 00:00:11.25
SYS @ jcave102 Local> select * from v$version;
BANNER
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Prod
PL/SQL Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
CORE    10.2.0.1.0      Production
TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
Elapsed: 00:00:00.10
SYS @ jcave102 Local> create user bob identified by bob default tablespace users;
User created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.07
SYS @ jcave102 Local> grant create session, create procedure, alter system to bob;
Grant succeeded.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.01
SYS @ jcave102 Local> conn bob/bob
Connected.
  1  create or replace procedure kill_session( p_sid in number, p_serial# in number )
  2  as
  3  begin
  4    execute immediate 'alter system kill session ''' || p_sid || ',' || p_serial# || '''';
  5* end;
BOB @ jcave102  > /
Procedure created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.57Now, find a session to kill (using a user other than BOB who doesn't have permission to view the V$SESSION table) and call the procedure
BOB @ jcave102 Local> exec kill_session( 144, 115 );
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.00Justin