updpwd_selinux(8)

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
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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
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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 all domains to execute in fips_mode, you must turn
59       on the fips_mode boolean. Enabled by default.
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65       If  you  want to allow Apache to use mod_auth_pam, you must turn on the
66       httpd_mod_auth_pam boolean. Disabled by default.
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72       If you want to allow nagios/nrpe to call sudo from NRPE utils  scripts,
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79       If  you  want  to  allow  system  to run with NIS, you must turn on the
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MANAGED FILES

87       The SELinux process type updpwd_t can manage  files  labeled  with  the
88       following file types.  The paths listed are the default paths for these
89       file types.  Note the processes UID still need to have DAC permissions.
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93            /etc/shadow.*
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95            /etc/nshadow.*
96            /var/db/shadow.*
97            /etc/security/opasswd
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FILE CONTEXTS

102       SELinux requires files to have an extended attribute to define the file
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105       You can see the context of a file using the -Z option to ls
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107       Policy  governs  the  access  confined  processes  have to these files.
108       SELinux updpwd policy is very flexible allowing users  to  setup  their
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111       The following file types are defined for updpwd:
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117       -  Set  files with the updpwd_exec_t type, if you want to transition an
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126       Note:  File context can be temporarily modified with the chcon command.
127       If you want to permanently change the file context you need to use  the
128       semanage fcontext command.  This will modify the SELinux labeling data‐
129       base.  You will need to use restorecon to apply the labels.
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COMMANDS

133       semanage fcontext can also be used to manipulate default  file  context
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136       semanage  permissive  can  also  be used to manipulate whether or not a
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139       semanage module can also be used to enable/disable/install/remove  pol‐
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145       system-config-selinux is a GUI tool available to customize SELinux pol‐
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AUTHOR

150       This manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage .
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