`pymapdl stop --all` attempts to kill other users instances

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As the title.

When running pymapdl stop --all in a machine with other ansys processes running by other users, PyMAPDL raises an exception when trying to kill other users's instances.

  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Lib\site-packages\psutil\_pswindows.py", line 695, in wrapper
    raise convert_oserror(err, pid=self.pid, name=self._name) from err
psutil.AccessDenied: (pid=8136, name='ANSYS261.exe')

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You can also see this error with your own instances when the terminal has not elevated permissions.

[germa89]

Complete traceback.. it is all due to lack of permission access.

Details

(venv13) C:\Users\gayuso>pymapdl stop --port 50054
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Lib\site-packages\psutil\_pswindows.py", line 795, in cmdline
    return cext.proc_cmdline(self.pid, use_peb=True)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: '(originated from OpenProcess)'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Lib\site-packages\psutil\_pswindows.py", line 693, in wrapper
    return fun(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Lib\site-packages\psutil\_pswindows.py", line 711, in wrapper
    return fun(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Lib\site-packages\psutil\_pswindows.py", line 798, in cmdline
    return cext.proc_cmdline(self.pid, use_peb=False)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: '(originated from OpenProcess)'

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code
  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Scripts\pymapdl.exe\__main__.py", line 6, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
             ~~~~^^
  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1462, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
           ~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1383, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1850, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1246, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
           ~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 814, in invoke
    return callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Lib\site-packages\ansys\mapdl\core\cli\stop.py", line 98, in stop
    if _is_valid_ansys_process(PROCESS_OK_STATUS, proc):
       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Lib\site-packages\ansys\mapdl\core\cli\stop.py", line 180, in _is_valid_ansys_process
    and is_ansys_process(proc)
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Lib\site-packages\ansys\mapdl\core\launcher.py", line 394, in is_ansys_process
    and "-grpc" in proc.cmdline()
                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Lib\site-packages\psutil\__init__.py", line 749, in cmdline
    return self._proc.cmdline()
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Lib\site-packages\psutil\_pswindows.py", line 695, in wrapper
    raise convert_oserror(err, pid=self.pid, name=self._name) from err
psutil.AccessDenied: (pid=8644, name='ANSYS261.exe')

(venv13) C:\Users\gayuso>pymapdl stop --port 50054
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Lib\site-packages\psutil\_pswindows.py", line 795, in cmdline
    return cext.proc_cmdline(self.pid, use_peb=True)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: '(originated from OpenProcess)'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Lib\site-packages\psutil\_pswindows.py", line 693, in wrapper
    return fun(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Lib\site-packages\psutil\_pswindows.py", line 711, in wrapper
    return fun(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Lib\site-packages\psutil\_pswindows.py", line 798, in cmdline
    return cext.proc_cmdline(self.pid, use_peb=False)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: '(originated from OpenProcess)'

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code
  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Scripts\pymapdl.exe\__main__.py", line 6, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
             ~~~~^^
  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1462, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
           ~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1383, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1850, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1246, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
           ~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 814, in invoke
    return callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Lib\site-packages\ansys\mapdl\core\cli\stop.py", line 98, in stop
    if _is_valid_ansys_process(PROCESS_OK_STATUS, proc):
       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Lib\site-packages\ansys\mapdl\core\cli\stop.py", line 180, in _is_valid_ansys_process
    and is_ansys_process(proc)
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Lib\site-packages\ansys\mapdl\core\launcher.py", line 394, in is_ansys_process
    and "-grpc" in proc.cmdline()
                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Lib\site-packages\psutil\__init__.py", line 749, in cmdline
    return self._proc.cmdline()
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "C:\Users\gayuso\venv13\Lib\site-packages\psutil\_pswindows.py", line 695, in wrapper
    raise convert_oserror(err, pid=self.pid, name=self._name) from err
psutil.AccessDenied: (pid=4228, name='ANSYS.exe')