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31.\" $FreeBSD$
32.Dd DECEMBER 8, 2002
33.Os
34.Dt MAC_SEEOTHERUIDS 4
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm mac_seeotheruids
37.Nd simple policy controlling whether users see other users
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39To compile the mac_seeotheruids
40policy into your kernel, place the following lines in your kernel
41configuration file:
42.Cd "options MAC"
43.Cd "options MAC_SEEOTHERUIDS"
44.Pp
45Alternately, to load the module at boot time, place the following line
46in your kernel configuration file:
47.Cd "options MAC"
48.Pp
49and in
50.Xr loader.conf.5 :
51.Cd mac_seeotheruids_load= Ns \&"YES"
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53The
54.Nm
55policy module, when enabled, denies users to see processes or sockets owned
56by other users.
57.Pp
58To enable
59.Nm ,
60set the sysctl OID
61.Va security.mac.seeotheruids.enabled
62to
63.Li 1 .
64.Pp
65To allow users to see processes and sockets owned by the same primary group,
66set the sysctl OID
67.Va security.mac.seeotheruids.primarygroup_enabled
68to
69.Li 1 .
70.Pp
71To allow processes with a specific group ID to be exempt from the policy,
72set the sysctl OID
73.Va security.mac.seeotheruids.specificgid_enabled
74to
75.Li 1 ,
76and
77.Va security.mac.seeotheruids.specificgid
78to the gid to be exempted.
79.Ss Label Format
80No labels are defined for
81.Nm .
82.Sh SEE ALSO
83.Xr mac 4 ,
84.Xr mac_biba 4 ,
85.Xr mac_bsdextended 4 ,
86.Xr mac_ifoff 4 ,
87.Xr mac_lomac 4 ,
88.Xr mac_mls 4 ,
89.Xr mac_partition 4 ,
90.Xr mac_portacl 4 ,
91.Xr mac_none 4 ,
92.Xr mac_test 4 ,
93.Xr mac 9
94.Sh HISTORY
95The
96.Nm
97policy module first appeared in
98.Fx 5.0
99and was developed by the TrustedBSD Project.
100.Sh AUTHORS
101This software was contributed to the
102.Fx
103Project by Network Associates Labs,
104the Security Research Division of Network Associates
105Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 ("CBOSS"),
106as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
107.Sh BUGS
108See
109.Xr mac 9
110concerning appropriateness for production use.
111The TrustedBSD MAC Framework is considered experimental in
112.Fx .
113.Pp
114While the MAC Framework design is intended to support the containment of
115the root user, not all attack channels are currently protected by entry
116point checks.
117As such, MAC Framework policies should not be relied on, in isolation,
118to protect against a malicious privileged user.
119