dovecot_selinux(8)

1dovecot_selinux(8)          SELinux Policy dovecot          dovecot_selinux(8)
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NAME

6       dovecot_selinux  -  Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the dovecot pro‐
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DESCRIPTION

10       Security-Enhanced Linux secures  the  dovecot  processes  via  flexible
11       mandatory access control.
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13       The  dovecot processes execute with the dovecot_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 dovecot_t
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ENTRYPOINTS

24       The  dovecot_t  SELinux type can be entered via the dovecot_exec_t file
25       type.
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27       The default entrypoint paths for the dovecot_t domain are  the  follow‐
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30       /usr/sbin/dovecot
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PROCESS TYPES

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

53       SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required.  dovecot
54       policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that allow you to
55       manipulate  the  policy and run dovecot with the tightest access possi‐
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60       If you want to allow all daemons to write corefiles to /, you must turn
61       on the allow_daemons_dump_core boolean. Disabled by default.
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63       setsebool -P allow_daemons_dump_core 1
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67       If  you want to allow all daemons to use tcp wrappers, you must turn on
68       the allow_daemons_use_tcp_wrapper boolean. Disabled by default.
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70       setsebool -P allow_daemons_use_tcp_wrapper 1
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74       If you want to allow all daemons the ability to  read/write  terminals,
75       you  must  turn  on  the  allow_daemons_use_tty  boolean.  Disabled  by
76       default.
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78       setsebool -P allow_daemons_use_tty 1
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82       If you want to allow all domains to use other domains file descriptors,
83       you must turn on the allow_domain_fd_use boolean. Enabled by default.
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85       setsebool -P allow_domain_fd_use 1
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89       If  you  want  to allow confined applications to run with kerberos, you
90       must turn on the allow_kerberos boolean. Enabled by default.
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92       setsebool -P allow_kerberos 1
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96       If you want to allow sysadm to debug or ptrace all processes, you  must
97       turn on the allow_ptrace boolean. Disabled by default.
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99       setsebool -P allow_ptrace 1
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103       If  you  want  to  allow  system  to run with NIS, you must turn on the
104       allow_ypbind boolean. Disabled by default.
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106       setsebool -P allow_ypbind 1
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110       If you want to enable cluster mode for daemons, you must  turn  on  the
111       daemons_enable_cluster_mode boolean. Disabled by default.
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113       setsebool -P daemons_enable_cluster_mode 1
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117       If  you  want to allow all domains to have the kernel load modules, you
118       must  turn  on  the  domain_kernel_load_modules  boolean.  Disabled  by
119       default.
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121       setsebool -P domain_kernel_load_modules 1
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125       If you want to allow all domains to execute in fips_mode, you must turn
126       on the fips_mode boolean. Enabled by default.
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128       setsebool -P fips_mode 1
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132       If you want to enable reading of urandom for all domains, you must turn
133       on the global_ssp boolean. Disabled by default.
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135       setsebool -P global_ssp 1
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139       If you want to enable support for upstart as the init program, you must
140       turn on the init_upstart boolean. Enabled by default.
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142       setsebool -P init_upstart 1
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146       If you want to allow confined applications to use nscd  shared  memory,
147       you must turn on the nscd_use_shm boolean. Enabled by default.
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149       setsebool -P nscd_use_shm 1
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153       If  you  want  to  support  NFS  home directories, you must turn on the
154       use_nfs_home_dirs boolean. Disabled by default.
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156       setsebool -P use_nfs_home_dirs 1
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160       If you want to support SAMBA home directories, you  must  turn  on  the
161       use_samba_home_dirs boolean. Disabled by default.
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163       setsebool -P use_samba_home_dirs 1
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MANAGED FILES

168       The  SELinux  process  type dovecot_t can manage files labeled with the
169       following file types.  The paths listed are the default paths for these
170       file types.  Note the processes UID still need to have DAC permissions.
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172       cifs_t
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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(64)?/openais(/.*)?
182            /var/lib(64)?/pengine(/.*)?
183            /var/lib(64)?/corosync(/.*)?
184            /usr/lib(64)?/heartbeat(/.*)?
185            /var/lib(64)?/heartbeat(/.*)?
186            /var/lib(64)?/pacemaker(/.*)?
187            /var/lib/cluster(/.*)?
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189       cluster_var_run_t
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191            /var/run/crm(/.*)?
192            /var/run/cman_.*
193            /var/run/rsctmp(/.*)?
194            /var/run/aisexec.*
195            /var/run/heartbeat(/.*)?
196            /var/run/cpglockd.pid
197            /var/run/corosync.pid
198            /var/run/rgmanager.pid
199            /var/run/cluster/rgmanager.sk
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201       dovecot_spool_t
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203            /var/spool/dovecot(/.*)?
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205       dovecot_tmp_t
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208       dovecot_var_lib_t
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210            /var/lib/dovecot(/.*)?
211            /var/run/dovecot/login/ssl-parameters.dat
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213       dovecot_var_log_t
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215            /var/log/dovecot(/.*)?
216            /var/log/dovecot.log.*
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218       dovecot_var_run_t
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220            /var/run/dovecot(-login)?(/.*)?
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222       initrc_tmp_t
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225       mail_home_rw_t
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227            /root/Maildir(/.*)?
228            /home/[^/]*/Maildir(/.*)?
229            /home/staff/Maildir(/.*)?
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231       mail_spool_t
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233            /var/mail(/.*)?
234            /var/spool/mail(/.*)?
235            /var/spool/imap(/.*)?
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237       mnt_t
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239            /mnt(/[^/]*)
240            /mnt(/[^/]*)?
241            /rhev(/[^/]*)?
242            /media(/[^/]*)
243            /media(/[^/]*)?
244            /etc/rhgb(/.*)?
245            /media/.hal-.*
246            /net
247            /afs
248            /rhev
249            /misc
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257            /initrd
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259       tmp_t
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261            /tmp
262            /usr/tmp
263            /var/tmp
264            /tmp-inst
265            /var/tmp-inst
266            /var/tmp/vi.recover
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FILE CONTEXTS

275       SELinux requires files to have an extended attribute to define the file
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278       You can see the context of a file using the -Z option to ls
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280       Policy governs the access  confined  processes  have  to  these  files.
281       SELinux  dovecot  policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their
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284       EQUIVALENCE DIRECTORIES
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287       dovecot policy stores data with multiple different file  context  types
288       under  the  /var/log/dovecot directory.  If you would like to store the
289       data in a different directory you can use the semanage command to  cre‐
290       ate an equivalence mapping.  If you wanted to store this data under the
291       /srv dirctory you would execute the following command:
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294       restorecon -R -v /srv/dovecot
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296       STANDARD FILE CONTEXT
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298       SELinux defines the file context types for the dovecot, if  you  wanted
299       to store files with these types in a diffent paths, you need to execute
300       the semanage command  to  sepecify  alternate  labeling  and  then  use
301       restorecon to put the labels on disk.
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303       semanage   fcontext   -a   -t   dovecot_var_run_t  '/srv/mydovecot_con‐
304       tent(/.*)?'
305       restorecon -R -v /srv/mydovecot_content
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307       Note: SELinux often uses regular expressions  to  specify  labels  that
308       match multiple files.
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310       The following file types are defined for dovecot:
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314       dovecot_auth_exec_t
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316       -  Set  files with the dovecot_auth_exec_t type, if you want to transi‐
317       tion an executable to the dovecot_auth_t domain.
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320       Paths:
321            /usr/libexec/dovecot/auth, /usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth
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326       - Set files with the dovecot_auth_tmp_t type,  if  you  want  to  store
327       dovecot auth temporary files in the /tmp directories.
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331       dovecot_cert_t
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333       -  Set  files  with  the  dovecot_cert_t type, if you want to treat the
334       files as dovecot certificate data.
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337       Paths:
338            /etc/pki/dovecot(/.*)?,          /usr/share/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem,
339            /usr/share/ssl/private/dovecot.pem
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342       dovecot_deliver_exec_t
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344       -  Set files with the dovecot_deliver_exec_t type, if you want to tran‐
345       sition an executable to the dovecot_deliver_t domain.
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348       Paths:
349            /usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver, /usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda
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352       dovecot_deliver_tmp_t
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354       - Set files with the dovecot_deliver_tmp_t type, if you want  to  store
355       dovecot deliver temporary files in the /tmp directories.
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359       dovecot_etc_t
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361       -  Set  files with the dovecot_etc_t type, if you want to store dovecot
362       files in the /etc directories.
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365       Paths:
366            /etc/dovecot(/.*)?, /etc/dovecot.conf.*
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369       dovecot_exec_t
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371       - Set files with the dovecot_exec_t type, if you want to transition  an
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378       - Set files with the dovecot_initrc_exec_t type, if you want to transi‐
379       tion an executable to the dovecot_initrc_t domain.
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383       dovecot_keytab_t
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385       - Set files with the dovecot_keytab_t type, if you want  to  treat  the
386       files as kerberos keytab files.
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390       dovecot_passwd_t
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392       -  Set  files  with the dovecot_passwd_t type, if you want to treat the
393       files as dovecot passwd data.
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397       dovecot_spool_t
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399       - Set files with the dovecot_spool_t type, if you  want  to  store  the
400       dovecot files under the /var/spool directory.
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406       -  Set  files with the dovecot_tmp_t type, if you want to store dovecot
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411       dovecot_var_lib_t
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413       - Set files with the dovecot_var_lib_t type, if you want to  store  the
414       dovecot files under the /var/lib directory.
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417       Paths:
418            /var/lib/dovecot(/.*)?, /var/run/dovecot/login/ssl-parameters.dat
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421       dovecot_var_log_t
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423       -  Set  files with the dovecot_var_log_t type, if you want to treat the
424       data as dovecot var log data, usually stored under the /var/log  direc‐
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428       Paths:
429            /var/log/dovecot(/.*)?, /var/log/dovecot.log.*
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432       dovecot_var_run_t
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434       -  Set  files with the dovecot_var_run_t type, if you want to store the
435       dovecot files under the /run or /var/run directory.
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439       Note: File context can be temporarily modified with the chcon  command.
440       If  you want to permanently change the file context you need to use the
441       semanage fcontext command.  This will modify the SELinux labeling data‐
442       base.  You will need to use restorecon to apply the labels.
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COMMANDS

446       semanage  fcontext  can also be used to manipulate default file context
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449       semanage permissive can also be used to manipulate  whether  or  not  a
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452       semanage  module can also be used to enable/disable/install/remove pol‐
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455       semanage boolean can also be used to manipulate the booleans
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458       system-config-selinux is a GUI tool available to customize SELinux pol‐
459       icy settings.
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AUTHOR

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