process

Description

• Checks if a process is present, specifying its comm, and optionnaly its owner's uid and/or username.

Example rule

[
    {
        "state": "on",
        "comm": "foo",
        "uid": 2345,
        "user": "foou"
    },
    {
        "state": "off",
        "comm": "bar",
        "uid": 2345
    }
]

Form definition

Desc: |
  A rule defining a process that should be running or not running on the target host, its owner's username and the command to launch it or to stop it.
Css: comp48
Outputs:
  -
    Dest: compliance variable
    Type: json
    Format: list of dict
    Class: process
Inputs:
  -
    Id: comm
    Label: Command
    DisplayModeLabel: comm
    LabelCss: action16
    Mandatory: No
    Type: string
    Help: The Unix process command, as shown in the ps comm column.
  -
    Id: args
    Label: Arguments
    DisplayModeLabel: args
    LabelCss: action16
    Mandatory: No
    Type: string
    Help: The Unix process arguments, as shown in the ps args column.
  -
    Id: state
    Label: State
    DisplayModeLabel: state
    LabelCss: action16
    Type: string
    Mandatory: Yes
    Default: on
    Candidates:
      - "on"
      - "off"
    Help: The expected process state.
  -
    Id: uid
    Label: Owner user id
    DisplayModeLabel: uid
    LabelCss: guy16
    Type: integer
    Help: The Unix user id owning the process.
  -
    Id: user
    Label: Owner user name
    DisplayModeLabel: user
    LabelCss: guy16
    Type: string
    Help: The Unix user name owning the process.
  -
    Id: start
    Label: Start command
    DisplayModeLabel: start
    LabelCss: action16
    Type: string
    Help: The command to start or stop the process, including the executable arguments. The executable must be defined with full path.