1preupgrade_selinux(8) SELinux Policy preupgrade preupgrade_selinux(8)
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6 preupgrade_selinux - Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the preupgrade
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10 Security-Enhanced Linux secures the preupgrade processes via flexible
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13 The preupgrade processes execute with the preupgrade_t SELinux type.
14 You can check if you have these processes running by executing the ps
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24 The preupgrade_t SELinux type can be entered via the preupgrade_exec_t
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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 preupgrade policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their preup‐
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42 The following process types are defined for preupgrade:
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46 Note: semanage permissive -a preupgrade_t can be used to make the
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53 SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required. preup‐
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128 SELinux preupgrade policy is very flexible allowing users to setup
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142 The SELinux process type preupgrade_t can manage files labeled with the
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157 Policy governs the access confined processes have to these files.
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163 SELinux defines the file context types for the preupgrade, if you
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181 - Set files with the preupgrade_data_t type, if you want to treat the
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214 semanage boolean can also be used to manipulate the booleans
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222 This manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage .
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226 selinux(8), preupgrade(8), semanage(8), restorecon(8), chcon(1), sepol‐
227 icy(8), setsebool(8)
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