mandb_selinux(8)

1mandb_selinux(8)             SELinux Policy mandb             mandb_selinux(8)
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NAME

6       mandb_selinux - Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the mandb processes
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DESCRIPTION

9       Security-Enhanced Linux secures the mandb processes via flexible manda‐
10       tory access control.
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12       The mandb processes execute with the  mandb_t  SELinux  type.  You  can
13       check  if  you have these processes running by executing the ps command
14       with the -Z qualifier.
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16       For example:
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18       ps -eZ | grep mandb_t
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ENTRYPOINTS

23       The mandb_t SELinux type can be entered via the mandb_exec_t file type.
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25       The default entrypoint paths for the mandb_t domain are the following:
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27       /etc/cron.(daily|weekly)/man-db.*, /usr/bin/mandb
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PROCESS TYPES

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

50       SELinux policy is customizable based on least access  required.   mandb
51       policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that allow you to
52       manipulate the policy and run mandb with the tightest access possible.
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56       If you want to allow all daemons to write corefiles to /, you must turn
57       on the daemons_dump_core boolean. Disabled by default.
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59       setsebool -P daemons_dump_core 1
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63       If  you  want  to enable cluster mode for daemons, you must turn on the
64       daemons_enable_cluster_mode boolean. Enabled by default.
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66       setsebool -P daemons_enable_cluster_mode 1
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70       If you want to allow all daemons to use tcp wrappers, you must turn  on
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77       If  you  want to allow all daemons the ability to read/write terminals,
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84       If you want to deny any process from ptracing or  debugging  any  other
85       processes,  you  must  turn  on  the  deny_ptrace  boolean.  Enabled by
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92       If you want to allow any process  to  mmap  any  file  on  system  with
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96       setsebool -P domain_can_mmap_files 1
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100       If you want to allow all domains write to kmsg_device, while kernel  is
101       executed  with  systemd.log_target=kmsg parameter, you must turn on the
102       domain_can_write_kmsg boolean. Disabled by default.
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108       If you want to allow all domains to use other domains file descriptors,
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115       If  you  want to allow all domains to have the kernel load modules, you
116       must  turn  on  the  domain_kernel_load_modules  boolean.  Disabled  by
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123       If you want to allow all domains to execute in fips_mode, you must turn
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130       If you want to enable reading of urandom for all domains, you must turn
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MANAGED FILES

138       The SELinux process type mandb_t can manage files labeled with the fol‐
139       lowing file types.  The paths listed are the default  paths  for  these
140       file types.  Note the processes UID still need to have DAC permissions.
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148            /var/lib/pcsd(/.*)?
149            /var/lib/cluster(/.*)?
150            /var/lib/openais(/.*)?
151            /var/lib/pengine(/.*)?
152            /var/lib/corosync(/.*)?
153            /usr/lib/heartbeat(/.*)?
154            /var/lib/heartbeat(/.*)?
155            /var/lib/pacemaker(/.*)?
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157       cluster_var_run_t
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159            /var/run/crm(/.*)?
160            /var/run/cman_.*
161            /var/run/rsctmp(/.*)?
162            /var/run/aisexec.*
163            /var/run/heartbeat(/.*)?
164            /var/run/corosync-qnetd(/.*)?
165            /var/run/corosync-qdevice(/.*)?
166            /var/run/cpglockd.pid
167            /var/run/corosync.pid
168            /var/run/rgmanager.pid
169            /var/run/cluster/rgmanager.sk
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171       man_cache_t
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FILE CONTEXTS

191       SELinux requires files to have an extended attribute to define the file
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194       You can see the context of a file using the -Z option to ls
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196       Policy governs the access  confined  processes  have  to  these  files.
197       SELinux  mandb  policy  is  very flexible allowing users to setup their
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200       STANDARD FILE CONTEXT
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202       SELinux defines the file context types for the mandb, if you wanted  to
203       store  files  with  these types in a diffent paths, you need to execute
204       the semanage command  to  sepecify  alternate  labeling  and  then  use
205       restorecon to put the labels on disk.
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210       Note:  SELinux  often  uses  regular expressions to specify labels that
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213       The following file types are defined for mandb:
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217       mandb_cache_t
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219       - Set files with the mandb_cache_t type, if you want to store the files
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229       -  Set  files  with the mandb_exec_t type, if you want to transition an
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237       mandb_home_t
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239       - Set files with the mandb_home_t type, if  you  want  to  store  mandb
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243       Paths:
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247       mandb_lock_t
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249       -  Set files with the mandb_lock_t type, if you want to treat the files
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254       Note: File context can be temporarily modified with the chcon  command.
255       If  you want to permanently change the file context you need to use the
256       semanage fcontext command.  This will modify the SELinux labeling data‐
257       base.  You will need to use restorecon to apply the labels.
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COMMANDS

261       semanage  fcontext  can also be used to manipulate default file context
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264       semanage permissive can also be used to manipulate  whether  or  not  a
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267       semanage  module can also be used to enable/disable/install/remove pol‐
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270       semanage boolean can also be used to manipulate the booleans
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273       system-config-selinux is a GUI tool available to customize SELinux pol‐
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AUTHOR

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