1utempter_selinux(8) SELinux Policy utempter utempter_selinux(8)
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6 utempter_selinux - Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the utempter pro‐
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10 Security-Enhanced Linux secures the utempter processes via flexible
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13 The utempter processes execute with the utempter_t SELinux type. You
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24 The utempter_t SELinux type can be entered via the utempter_exec_t file
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27 The default entrypoint paths for the utempter_t domain are the follow‐
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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 utempter policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their utempter
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42 The following process types are defined for utempter:
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46 Note: semanage permissive -a utempter_t can be used to make the process
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53 SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required.
54 utempter policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that
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112 /tmp/.ICE-unix(/.*)?
113 /tmp/.X11-unix(/.*)?
114 /dev/shm/pulse-shm.*
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133 Policy governs the access confined processes have to these files.
134 SELinux utempter policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their
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172 This manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage .
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176 selinux(8), utempter(8), semanage(8), restorecon(8), chcon(1), sepol‐
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