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Is there any way of giving a regular Linux user the right to use /bin/ps as root has? I mean if I run ps under some regular use I can only see the processes running under that user.
I'm aware that I can put this user into sudoers but I don't wanna do that. I just want this user to be able to check processes (all of them).
ls -la /bin/ps
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 95684 May 4 2011 /bin/ps
if I run ps under some regular use I can only see the processes running under that user.
This is not typical 'ps' behaviour. Does your Gentoo run a standard 'ps' binary or not? Does your Gentoo run some sort of MAC like GRSecurity? Anything like library preloaders or anything else we should know about? (In the worst case you could run something like 'strace -f -ff -v -s 1024 -o /tmp/ps.log /bin/ps axf' as that user and attach the output as plain text.)
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Originally Posted by mad_penguin
I'm aware that I can put this user into sudoers but I don't wanna do that.
And what are your valid and compelling reasons for not wanting easily configurable, maintainable and fine-grained control?
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