1setsebool_selinux(8) SELinux Policy setsebool setsebool_selinux(8)
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6 setsebool_selinux - Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the setsebool
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10 Security-Enhanced Linux secures the setsebool processes via flexible
11 mandatory access control.
12 The setsebool processes execute with the setsebool_t SELinux type. You
14 can check if you have these processes running by executing the ps com‐
15 mand with the -Z qualifier.
16 For example:
18 ps -eZ | grep setsebool_t
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24 The setsebool_t SELinux type can be entered via the setsebool_exec_t
25 file type.
26 The default entrypoint paths for the setsebool_t domain are the follow‐
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29 /usr/sbin/setsebool
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33 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
37 Policy governs the access confined processes have to files. SELinux
39 setsebool policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their setse‐
40 bool processes in as secure a method as possible.
41 The following process types are defined for setsebool:
43 setsebool_t
45 Note: semanage permissive -a setsebool_t can be used to make the
47 process type setsebool_t permissive. SELinux does not deny access to
48 permissive process types, but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are
49 still generated.
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53 SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required. setse‐
54 bool policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that allow
55 you to manipulate the policy and run setsebool with the tightest access
56 possible.
57 If you want to allow users to resolve user passwd entries directly from
61 ldap rather then using a sssd server, you must turn on the authlo‐
62 gin_nsswitch_use_ldap boolean. Disabled by default.
63 setsebool -P authlogin_nsswitch_use_ldap 1
65 If you want to allow all domains to execute in fips_mode, you must turn
69 on the fips_mode boolean. Enabled by default.
70 setsebool -P fips_mode 1
72 If you want to allow confined applications to run with kerberos, you
76 must turn on the kerberos_enabled boolean. Enabled by default.
77 setsebool -P kerberos_enabled 1
79 If you want to allow system to run with NIS, you must turn on the
83 nis_enabled boolean. Disabled by default.
84 setsebool -P nis_enabled 1
86 If you want to allow confined applications to use nscd shared memory,
90 you must turn on the nscd_use_shm boolean. Enabled by default.
91 setsebool -P nscd_use_shm 1
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97 The SELinux process type setsebool_t can manage files labeled with the
98 following file types. The paths listed are the default paths for these
99 file types. Note the processes UID still need to have DAC permissions.
100 boolean_type
102 default_context_t
105 /etc/selinux/([^/]*/)?contexts(/.*)?
107 /root/.default_contexts
108 etc_runtime_t
110 /[^/]+
112 /etc/mtab.*
113 /etc/blkid(/.*)?
114 /etc/nologin.*
115 /etc/.fstab.hal..+
116 /halt
117 /fastboot
118 /poweroff
119 /.autofsck
120 /etc/cmtab
121 /forcefsck
122 /.suspended
123 /fsckoptions
124 /.autorelabel
125 /etc/.updated
126 /var/.updated
127 /etc/killpower
128 /etc/nohotplug
129 /etc/securetty
130 /etc/ioctl.save
131 /etc/fstab.REVOKE
132 /etc/network/ifstate
133 /etc/sysconfig/hwconf
134 /etc/ptal/ptal-printd-like
135 /etc/sysconfig/iptables.save
136 /etc/xorg.conf.d/00-system-setup-keyboard.conf
137 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-system-setup-keyboard.conf
138 file_context_t
140 /etc/selinux/([^/]*/)?contexts/files(/.*)?
142 security_t
144 /selinux
146 selinux_config_t
148 /etc/selinux(/.*)?
150 /etc/selinux/([^/]*/)?seusers
151 /etc/selinux/([^/]*/)?users(/.*)?
152 /etc/selinux/([^/]*/)?setrans.conf
153 /var/lib/sepolgen(/.*)?
154 semanage_read_lock_t
156 /etc/selinux/([^/]*/)?modules/semanage.read.LOCK
158 /var/lib/selinux/[^/]+/semanage.read.LOCK
159 semanage_store_t
161 /etc/selinux/([^/]*/)?policy(/.*)?
163 /etc/selinux/(minimum|mls|targeted)/active(/.*)?
164 /etc/selinux/([^/]*/)?modules/(active|tmp|previous)(/.*)?
165 /var/lib/selinux(/.*)?
166 /etc/share/selinux/mls(/.*)?
167 /etc/share/selinux/targeted(/.*)?
168 semanage_tmp_t
170 semanage_trans_lock_t
173 /etc/selinux/([^/]*/)?modules/semanage.trans.LOCK
175 /var/lib/selinux/[^/]+/semanage.trans.LOCK
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179 SELinux requires files to have an extended attribute to define the file
180 type.
181 You can see the context of a file using the -Z option to ls
183 Policy governs the access confined processes have to these files.
185 SELinux setsebool policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their
186 setsebool processes in as secure a method as possible.
187 The following file types are defined for setsebool:
189 setsebool_exec_t
193 - Set files with the setsebool_exec_t type, if you want to transition
195 an executable to the setsebool_t domain.
196 Note: File context can be temporarily modified with the chcon command.
200 If you want to permanently change the file context you need to use the
201 semanage fcontext command. This will modify the SELinux labeling data‐
202 base. You will need to use restorecon to apply the labels.
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206 semanage fcontext can also be used to manipulate default file context
207 mappings.
208 semanage permissive can also be used to manipulate whether or not a
210 process type is permissive.
211 semanage module can also be used to enable/disable/install/remove pol‐
213 icy modules.
214 semanage boolean can also be used to manipulate the booleans
216 system-config-selinux is a GUI tool available to customize SELinux pol‐
219 icy settings.
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223 This manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage .
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227 selinux(8), setsebool(8), semanage(8), restorecon(8), chcon(1), sepol‐
228 icy(8), setsebool(8)
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