1syslogd_selinux(8)          SELinux Policy syslogd          syslogd_selinux(8)
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NAME

6       syslogd_selinux  -  Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the syslogd pro‐
7       cesses
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DESCRIPTION

10       Security-Enhanced Linux secures  the  syslogd  processes  via  flexible
11       mandatory access control.
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13       The  syslogd processes execute with the syslogd_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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17       For example:
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19       ps -eZ | grep syslogd_t
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ENTRYPOINTS

24       The  syslogd_t  SELinux type can be entered via the syslogd_exec_t file
25       type.
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27       The default entrypoint paths for the syslogd_t domain are  the  follow‐
28       ing:
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30       /sbin/syslogd,    /sbin/minilogd,    /sbin/rsyslogd,   /sbin/syslog-ng,
31       /usr/sbin/metalog,        /usr/sbin/syslogd,        /usr/sbin/minilogd,
32       /usr/sbin/rsyslogd, /usr/sbin/syslog-ng, /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-jour‐
33       nald, /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-kmsg-syslogd
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PROCESS TYPES

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

56       SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required.  syslogd
57       policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that allow you to
58       manipulate the policy and run syslogd with the tightest  access  possi‐
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63       If you want to allow users to resolve user passwd entries directly from
64       ldap rather then using a sssd server, you  must  turn  on  the  authlo‐
65       gin_nsswitch_use_ldap boolean. Disabled by default.
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67       setsebool -P authlogin_nsswitch_use_ldap 1
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71       If you want to allow all domains to execute in fips_mode, you must turn
72       on the fips_mode boolean. Enabled by default.
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74       setsebool -P fips_mode 1
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78       If you want to allow confined applications to run  with  kerberos,  you
79       must turn on the kerberos_enabled boolean. Disabled by default.
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81       setsebool -P kerberos_enabled 1
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85       If  you want to allow syslogd daemon to send mail, you must turn on the
86       logging_syslogd_can_sendmail boolean. Disabled by default.
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88       setsebool -P logging_syslogd_can_sendmail 1
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92       If you want to allow syslogd the ability to call nagios plugins. It  is
93       turned  on  by omprog rsyslog plugin, you must turn on the logging_sys‐
94       logd_run_nagios_plugins boolean. Disabled by default.
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96       setsebool -P logging_syslogd_run_nagios_plugins 1
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100       If you want to allow syslogd the ability to read/write  terminals,  you
101       must turn on the logging_syslogd_use_tty boolean. Enabled by default.
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103       setsebool -P logging_syslogd_use_tty 1
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107       If  you  want  to  allow  system  to run with NIS, you must turn on the
108       nis_enabled boolean. Disabled by default.
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110       setsebool -P nis_enabled 1
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114       If you want to allow confined applications to use nscd  shared  memory,
115       you must turn on the nscd_use_shm boolean. Disabled by default.
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117       setsebool -P nscd_use_shm 1
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PORT TYPES

122       SELinux defines port types to represent TCP and UDP ports.
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124       You  can  see  the  types associated with a port by using the following
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127       semanage port -l
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130       Policy governs the access  confined  processes  have  to  these  ports.
131       SELinux  syslogd  policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their
132       syslogd processes in as secure a method as possible.
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134       The following port types are defined for syslogd:
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137       syslog_tls_port_t
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141       Default Defined Ports:
142                 tcp 6514,10514
143                 udp 6514,10514
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146       syslogd_port_t
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150       Default Defined Ports:
151                 tcp 601,20514
152                 udp 514,601,20514
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MANAGED FILES

155       The SELinux process type syslogd_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       cert_t
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161            /etc/(letsencrypt|certbot)/(live|archive)(/.*)?
162            /etc/pki(/.*)?
163            /etc/ssl(/.*)?
164            /etc/ipa/nssdb(/.*)?
165            /etc/httpd/alias(/.*)?
166            /etc/docker/certs.d(/.*)?
167            /usr/share/ssl/certs(/.*)?
168            /var/lib/letsencrypt(/.*)?
169            /usr/share/ssl/private(/.*)?
170            /var/named/chroot/etc/pki(/.*)?
171            /usr/share/ca-certificates(/.*)?
172            /usr/share/pki/ca-certificates(/.*)?
173            /usr/share/pki/ca-trust-source(/.*)?
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175       cluster_conf_t
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177            /etc/cluster(/.*)?
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179       cluster_var_lib_t
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181            /var/lib/pcsd(/.*)?
182            /var/lib/cluster(/.*)?
183            /var/lib/openais(/.*)?
184            /var/lib/pengine(/.*)?
185            /var/lib/corosync(/.*)?
186            /usr/lib/heartbeat(/.*)?
187            /var/lib/heartbeat(/.*)?
188            /var/lib/pacemaker(/.*)?
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190       cluster_var_run_t
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192            /var/run/crm(/.*)?
193            /var/run/cman_.*
194            /var/run/rsctmp(/.*)?
195            /var/run/aisexec.*
196            /var/run/heartbeat(/.*)?
197            /var/run/corosync-qnetd(/.*)?
198            /var/run/corosync-qdevice(/.*)?
199            /var/run/corosync.pid
200            /var/run/cpglockd.pid
201            /var/run/rgmanager.pid
202            /var/run/cluster/rgmanager.sk
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204       cron_log_t
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206            /var/log/cron.*
207            /var/log/rpmpkgs.*
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209       innd_log_t
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211            /var/log/news(/.*)?
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213       krb5_host_rcache_t
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215            /var/cache/krb5rcache(/.*)?
216            /var/tmp/nfs_0
217            /var/tmp/DNS_25
218            /var/tmp/host_0
219            /var/tmp/imap_0
220            /var/tmp/HTTP_23
221            /var/tmp/HTTP_48
222            /var/tmp/ldap_55
223            /var/tmp/ldap_487
224            /var/tmp/ldapmap1_0
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226       logfile
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228            all log files
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230       plymouthd_var_log_t
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232            /var/log/boot.log.*
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234       root_t
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236            /sysroot/ostree/deploy/.*-atomic/deploy(/.*)?
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238            /initrd
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240       security_t
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242            /selinux
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244       syslogd_tmp_t
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247       syslogd_tmpfs_t
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250       syslogd_var_lib_t
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252            /var/lib/r?syslog(/.*)?
253            /var/lib/syslog-ng(/.*)?
254            /var/lib/syslog-ng.persist
255            /var/lib/misc/syslog-ng.persist-?
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257       syslogd_var_run_t
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259            /var/run/log(/.*)?
260            /var/run/syslog-ng.ctl
261            /var/run/syslog-ng(/.*)?
262            /var/run/systemd/journal(/.*)?
263            /var/run/metalog.pid
264            /var/run/syslogd.pid
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266       systemd_coredump_tmpfs_t
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269       var_log_t
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271            /var/log/.*
272            /nsr/logs(/.*)?
273            /var/webmin(/.*)?
274            /var/log/secure[^/]*
275            /opt/zimbra/log(/.*)?
276            /var/log/maillog[^/]*
277            /var/log/spooler[^/]*
278            /var/log/messages[^/]*
279            /usr/centreon/log(/.*)?
280            /var/spool/rsyslog(/.*)?
281            /var/axfrdns/log/main(/.*)?
282            /var/spool/bacula/log(/.*)?
283            /var/tinydns/log/main(/.*)?
284            /var/dnscache/log/main(/.*)?
285            /var/stockmaniac/templates_cache(/.*)?
286            /opt/Symantec/scspagent/IDS/system(/.*)?
287            /var/log
288            /var/log/dmesg
289            /var/log/syslog
290            /var/named/chroot/var/log
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FILE CONTEXTS

294       SELinux requires files to have an extended attribute to define the file
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297       You can see the context of a file using the -Z option to ls
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299       Policy  governs  the  access  confined  processes  have to these files.
300       SELinux syslogd policy is very flexible allowing users to  setup  their
301       syslogd processes in as secure a method as possible.
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303       EQUIVALENCE DIRECTORIES
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306       syslogd  policy  stores data with multiple different file context types
307       under the /var/lib/syslog-ng directory.  If you would like to store the
308       data  in a different directory you can use the semanage command to cre‐
309       ate an equivalence mapping.  If you wanted to store this data under the
310       /srv dirctory you would execute the following command:
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312       semanage fcontext -a -e /var/lib/syslog-ng /srv/syslog-ng
313       restorecon -R -v /srv/syslog-ng
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315       syslogd  policy  stores data with multiple different file context types
316       under the /var/run/syslog-ng directory.  If you would like to store the
317       data  in a different directory you can use the semanage command to cre‐
318       ate an equivalence mapping.  If you wanted to store this data under the
319       /srv dirctory you would execute the following command:
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321       semanage fcontext -a -e /var/run/syslog-ng /srv/syslog-ng
322       restorecon -R -v /srv/syslog-ng
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324       STANDARD FILE CONTEXT
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326       SELinux  defines  the file context types for the syslogd, if you wanted
327       to store files with these types in a diffent paths, you need to execute
328       the  semanage  command  to  sepecify  alternate  labeling  and then use
329       restorecon to put the labels on disk.
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331       semanage  fcontext  -a  -t   syslogd_unit_file_t   '/srv/mysyslogd_con‐
332       tent(/.*)?'
333       restorecon -R -v /srv/mysyslogd_content
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335       Note:  SELinux  often  uses  regular expressions to specify labels that
336       match multiple files.
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338       The following file types are defined for syslogd:
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342       syslogd_exec_t
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344       - Set files with the syslogd_exec_t type, if you want to transition  an
345       executable to the syslogd_t domain.
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348       Paths:
349            /sbin/syslogd,  /sbin/minilogd,  /sbin/rsyslogd,  /sbin/syslog-ng,
350            /usr/sbin/metalog,     /usr/sbin/syslogd,      /usr/sbin/minilogd,
351            /usr/sbin/rsyslogd, /usr/sbin/syslog-ng, /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-
352            journald, /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-kmsg-syslogd
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355       syslogd_initrc_exec_t
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357       - Set files with the syslogd_initrc_exec_t type, if you want to transi‐
358       tion an executable to the syslogd_initrc_t domain.
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362       syslogd_tmp_t
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364       -  Set  files with the syslogd_tmp_t type, if you want to store syslogd
365       temporary files in the /tmp directories.
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369       syslogd_tmpfs_t
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371       - Set files with the syslogd_tmpfs_t type, if you want to store syslogd
372       files on a tmpfs file system.
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376       syslogd_unit_file_t
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378       - Set files with the syslogd_unit_file_t type, if you want to treat the
379       files as syslogd unit content.
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383       syslogd_var_lib_t
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385       - Set files with the syslogd_var_lib_t type, if you want to  store  the
386       syslogd files under the /var/lib directory.
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389       Paths:
390            /var/lib/r?syslog(/.*)?,  /var/lib/syslog-ng(/.*)?,  /var/lib/sys‐
391            log-ng.persist, /var/lib/misc/syslog-ng.persist-?
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394       syslogd_var_run_t
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396       - Set files with the syslogd_var_run_t type, if you want to  store  the
397       syslogd files under the /run or /var/run directory.
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400       Paths:
401            /var/run/log(/.*)?,    /var/run/syslog-ng.ctl,    /var/run/syslog-
402            ng(/.*)?,  /var/run/systemd/journal(/.*)?,   /var/run/metalog.pid,
403            /var/run/syslogd.pid
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406       Note:  File context can be temporarily modified with the chcon command.
407       If you want to permanently change the file context you need to use  the
408       semanage fcontext command.  This will modify the SELinux labeling data‐
409       base.  You will need to use restorecon to apply the labels.
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COMMANDS

413       semanage fcontext can also be used to manipulate default  file  context
414       mappings.
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416       semanage  permissive  can  also  be used to manipulate whether or not a
417       process type is permissive.
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419       semanage module can also be used to enable/disable/install/remove  pol‐
420       icy modules.
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422       semanage port can also be used to manipulate the port definitions
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424       semanage boolean can also be used to manipulate the booleans
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427       system-config-selinux is a GUI tool available to customize SELinux pol‐
428       icy settings.
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AUTHOR

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

436       selinux(8), syslogd(8), semanage(8),  restorecon(8),  chcon(1),  sepol‐
437       icy(8), setsebool(8)
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