1updpwd_selinux(8)            SELinux Policy updpwd           updpwd_selinux(8)
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NAME

6       updpwd_selinux  -  Security  Enhanced  Linux Policy for the updpwd pro‐
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DESCRIPTION

10       Security-Enhanced Linux  secures  the  updpwd  processes  via  flexible
11       mandatory access control.
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13       The  updpwd  processes  execute with the updpwd_t SELinux type. You can
14       check if you have these processes running by executing the  ps  command
15       with the -Z qualifier.
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19       ps -eZ | grep updpwd_t
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ENTRYPOINTS

24       The  updpwd_t  SELinux  type  can be entered via the updpwd_exec_t file
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27       The default entrypoint paths for the updpwd_t domain are the following:
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29       /sbin/unix_update, /usr/sbin/unix_update, /usr/sbin/pwhistory_helper
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PROCESS TYPES

32       SELinux defines process types (domains) for each process running on the
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35       You can see the context of a process using the -Z option to ps
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37       Policy  governs  the  access confined processes have to files.  SELinux
38       updpwd policy is very flexible allowing users  to  setup  their  updpwd
39       processes in as secure a method as possible.
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41       The following process types are defined for updpwd:
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43       updpwd_t
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45       Note:  semanage  permissive -a updpwd_t can be used to make the process
46       type updpwd_t permissive. SELinux does not deny  access  to  permissive
47       process  types, but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are still gener‐
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BOOLEANS

52       SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required.   updpwd
53       policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that allow you to
54       manipulate the policy and run updpwd with the tightest access possible.
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58       If you want to allow users to resolve user passwd entries directly from
59       ldap  rather  then  using  a  sssd server, you must turn on the authlo‐
60       gin_nsswitch_use_ldap boolean. Disabled by default.
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66       If you want to deny any process from ptracing or  debugging  any  other
67       processes,  you  must  turn  on  the  deny_ptrace  boolean.  Enabled by
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74       If you want to allow any process  to  mmap  any  file  on  system  with
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78       setsebool -P domain_can_mmap_files 1
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82       If you want to allow all domains write to kmsg_device, while kernel  is
83       executed  with  systemd.log_target=kmsg parameter, you must turn on the
84       domain_can_write_kmsg boolean. Disabled by default.
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86       setsebool -P domain_can_write_kmsg 1
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90       If you want to allow all domains to use other domains file descriptors,
91       you must turn on the domain_fd_use boolean. Enabled by default.
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97       If  you  want to allow all domains to have the kernel load modules, you
98       must  turn  on  the  domain_kernel_load_modules  boolean.  Disabled  by
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101       setsebool -P domain_kernel_load_modules 1
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105       If you want to allow all domains to execute in fips_mode, you must turn
106       on the fips_mode boolean. Enabled by default.
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112       If you want to enable reading of urandom for all domains, you must turn
113       on the global_ssp boolean. Disabled by default.
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119       If  you  want to allow Apache to use mod_auth_pam, you must turn on the
120       httpd_mod_auth_pam boolean. Disabled by default.
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122       setsebool -P httpd_mod_auth_pam 1
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126       If you want to allow confined applications to run  with  kerberos,  you
127       must turn on the kerberos_enabled boolean. Enabled by default.
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133       If  you want to allow nagios/nrpe to call sudo from NRPE utils scripts,
134       you must turn on the nagios_run_sudo boolean. Disabled by default.
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140       If you want to allow system to run with  NIS,  you  must  turn  on  the
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147       If  you  want to allow confined applications to use nscd shared memory,
148       you must turn on the nscd_use_shm boolean. Disabled by default.
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MANAGED FILES

155       The SELinux process type updpwd_t can manage  files  labeled  with  the
156       following file types.  The paths listed are the default paths for these
157       file types.  Note the processes UID still need to have DAC permissions.
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159       etc_t
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161            /etc/.*
162            /usr/etc(/.*)?
163            /var/ftp/etc(/.*)?
164            /var/lib/openshift/.limits.d(/.*)?
165            /var/lib/openshift/.openshift-proxy.d(/.*)?
166            /var/lib/openshift/.stickshift-proxy.d(/.*)?
167            /var/lib/stickshift/.limits.d(/.*)?
168            /var/lib/stickshift/.stickshift-proxy.d(/.*)?
169            /var/named/chroot/etc(/.*)?
170            /etc/ipsec.d/examples(/.*)?
171            /var/spool/postfix/etc(/.*)?
172            /etc
173            /etc/cups/client.conf
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175       passwd_file_t
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177            /etc/group[-+]?
178            /etc/passwd[-+]?
179            /etc/passwd.adjunct.*
180            /etc/ptmptmp
181            /etc/.pwd.lock
182            /etc/group.lock
183            /etc/passwd.OLD
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188            /etc/shadow.*
189            /etc/gshadow.*
190            /etc/nshadow.*
191            /var/db/shadow.*
192            /etc/security/opasswd
193            /etc/security/opasswd.old
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FILE CONTEXTS

197       SELinux requires files to have an extended attribute to define the file
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200       You can see the context of a file using the -Z option to ls
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202       Policy  governs  the  access  confined  processes  have to these files.
203       SELinux updpwd policy is very flexible allowing users  to  setup  their
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206       The following file types are defined for updpwd:
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212       -  Set  files with the updpwd_exec_t type, if you want to transition an
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216       Paths:
217            /sbin/unix_update,     /usr/sbin/unix_update,     /usr/sbin/pwhis‐
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221       Note:  File context can be temporarily modified with the chcon command.
222       If you want to permanently change the file context you need to use  the
223       semanage fcontext command.  This will modify the SELinux labeling data‐
224       base.  You will need to use restorecon to apply the labels.
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COMMANDS

228       semanage fcontext can also be used to manipulate default  file  context
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231       semanage  permissive  can  also  be used to manipulate whether or not a
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234       semanage module can also be used to enable/disable/install/remove  pol‐
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237       semanage boolean can also be used to manipulate the booleans
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240       system-config-selinux is a GUI tool available to customize SELinux pol‐
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AUTHOR

245       This manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage .
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SEE ALSO

249       selinux(8), updpwd(8),  semanage(8),  restorecon(8),  chcon(1),  sepol‐
250       icy(8) , setsebool(8)
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254updpwd                             19-04-25                  updpwd_selinux(8)
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