1getty_selinux(8) SELinux Policy getty getty_selinux(8)
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6 getty_selinux - Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the getty processes
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9 Security-Enhanced Linux secures the getty processes via flexible manda‐
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12 The getty processes execute with the getty_t SELinux type. You can
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18 ps -eZ | grep getty_t
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23 The getty_t SELinux type can be entered via the getty_exec_t file type.
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25 The default entrypoint paths for the getty_t domain are the following:
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27 /sbin/.*getty, /usr/sbin/.*getty
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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 getty policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their getty pro‐
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39 The following process types are defined for getty:
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43 Note: semanage permissive -a getty_t can be used to make the process
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50 SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required. getty
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117 /var/spool/fax(/.*)?
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119 /var/run/mgetty.pid.*
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157 STANDARD FILE CONTEXT
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159 SELinux defines the file context types for the getty, if you wanted to
160 store files with these types in a diffent paths, you need to execute
161 the semanage command to sepecify alternate labeling and then use
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164 semanage fcontext -a -t getty_unit_file_t '/srv/mygetty_content(/.*)?'
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200 - Set files with the getty_log_t type, if you want to treat the data as
201 getty log data, usually stored under the /var/log directory.
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210 - Set files with the getty_tmp_t type, if you want to store getty tem‐
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224 - Set files with the getty_var_run_t type, if you want to store the
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257 This manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage .
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261 selinux(8), getty(8), semanage(8), restorecon(8), chcon(1), sepol‐
262 icy(8), setsebool(8)
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