Allow PHP to list other users' processes

[Miroslav Grepl]

On 02/18/2012 02:37 PM, Dominick Grift wrote:
> On Sat, 2012-02-18 at 14:51 +0100, Ole Jon Bjørkum wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>>
>> I have a problem with SELinux not allowing PHP to list other users'
>> processes with the "ps" command.
>> If I disable SELinux with "setenforce 0" it works immediately.
>>
>>
>> Is it possible to allow PHP to do this without disabling SELinux
>> completely?
> Yes, something like this would probably allow it:
>
> mkdir mytest; cd mytest; echo "policy_module(mytest, 1.0.0)
> gen_require(` type httpd_t; attribute domain; ')
> ps_process_pattern(httpd_t, domain)">  mytest.te;
>
> make -f /usr/share/selinux/devel/Makefile mytest.pp
>
> sudo semodule -i mytest.pp
>
> now httpd_t should be able to ps all domains.
>
Yes, you will need to use a local policy how Dominick wrote. This is 
nothing what we do not want to allow it by default.
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>> Ole Jon
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