Block outgoing connections for certaing uids (root, apache, nobody)

[Alexander Farber <alexander.farber@xxxxxxxxx>]

Good morning

With iptables in CentOS 5 and 6 Linux - how can you please
prevent processes running as "root", "apache" or "nobody"
from initiating outgoing connections?

On CentOS 5 Linux I've tried putting these lines into /etc/sysconfig/iptables:

-A OUTPUT -m owner --uid-owner root -j DROP
-A OUTPUT -m owner --uid-owner apache -j DROP
-A OUTPUT -m owner --uid-owner nobody -j DROP

but unfortunately get the error:

# sudo service iptables restart
iptables: Flushing firewall rules:                         [  OK  ]
iptables: Setting chains to policy ACCEPT: filter          [  OK  ]
iptables: Unloading modules:                               [  OK  ]
iptables: Applying firewall rules: iptables-restore v1.4.7: owner: Bad
value for "--uid-owner" option: "apache"
Error occurred at line: 27
Try `iptables-restore -h' or 'iptables-restore --help' for more information.
                                                           [FAILED]

Thank you
Alex
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