sysctl.conf

nocturnal · 12-06-2003, 09:52 AM

i want to set it so that normal users can only see their own processes when using ps and i was told this could be donee with sysctl but i've read the freebsd man pages and i don't have a clue how to do it...

RJW · 12-07-2003, 12:40 AM

security.bsd.see_other_uids="0"

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Code:

sysctl -a

nocturnal · 12-08-2003, 06:48 AM

thank you very much but in what conf file could i put this?

RJW · 12-08-2003, 07:07 AM

The manual it tells me `/etc/sysctl.conf'. What does the manual tell you?

nullpt · 12-11-2003, 06:43 PM

Well if you are running 4.x, the sysctl variable name is:
kern.ps_showallprocs -> 0

The sysctl.conf will be executed upon startup, so if you want to get this running now, you'll have to set up the variables on your own.