vmware_selinux(8)

1vmware_selinux(8)            SELinux Policy vmware           vmware_selinux(8)
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NAME

6       vmware_selinux  -  Security  Enhanced  Linux Policy for the vmware pro‐
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DESCRIPTION

10       Security-Enhanced Linux  secures  the  vmware  processes  via  flexible
11       mandatory access control.
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13       The  vmware  processes  execute with the vmware_t SELinux type. You can
14       check if you have these processes running by executing the  ps  command
15       with the -Z qualifier.
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17       For example:
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19       ps -eZ | grep vmware_t
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ENTRYPOINTS

24       The  vmware_t  SELinux  type  can be entered via the vmware_exec_t file
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27       The default entrypoint paths for the vmware_t domain are the following:
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29       /opt/vmware/(workstation|player)/bin/vmware,      /opt/vmware/(worksta‐
30       tion|player)/bin/vmware-ping,                     /opt/vmware/(worksta‐
31       tion|player)/bin/vmware-wizard, /usr/bin/vmware,  /usr/bin/vmware-ping,
32       /usr/bin/vmware-wizard,                       /usr/sbin/vmware-serverd,
33       /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmplayer,            /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-ui,
34       /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-mks
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PROCESS TYPES

37       SELinux defines process types (domains) for each process running on the
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40       You can see the context of a process using the -Z option to ps
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42       Policy governs the access confined processes have  to  files.   SELinux
43       vmware  policy  is  very  flexible allowing users to setup their vmware
44       processes in as secure a method as possible.
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46       The following process types are defined for vmware:
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48       vmware_t, vmware_host_t
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50       Note: semanage permissive -a vmware_t can be used to make  the  process
51       type  vmware_t  permissive.  SELinux does not deny access to permissive
52       process types, but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are still  gener‐
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BOOLEANS

57       SELinux  policy is customizable based on least access required.  vmware
58       policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that allow you to
59       manipulate the policy and run vmware with the tightest access possible.
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63       If you want to allow all domains to execute in fips_mode, you must turn
64       on the fips_mode boolean. Enabled by default.
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70       If you want to allow confined applications to use nscd  shared  memory,
71       you must turn on the nscd_use_shm boolean. Disabled by default.
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77       If  you  want to allow regular users direct dri device access, you must
78       turn on the selinuxuser_direct_dri_enabled boolean. Enabled by default.
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84       If you want to support NFS home  directories,  you  must  turn  on  the
85       use_nfs_home_dirs boolean. Disabled by default.
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91       If  you  want  to  support SAMBA home directories, you must turn on the
92       use_samba_home_dirs boolean. Disabled by default.
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98       If you want to allows clients to write to the X  server  shared  memory
99       segments, you must turn on the xserver_clients_write_xshm boolean. Dis‐
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MANAGED FILES

107       The SELinux process type vmware_t can manage  files  labeled  with  the
108       following file types.  The paths listed are the default paths for these
109       file types.  Note the processes UID still need to have DAC permissions.
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122            /root/.fontconfig(/.*)?
123            /root/.fonts/auto(/.*)?
124            /root/.fonts.cache-.*
125            /root/.cache/fontconfig(/.*)?
126            /home/[^/]+/.fontconfig(/.*)?
127            /home/[^/]+/.fonts/auto(/.*)?
128            /home/[^/]+/.fonts.cache-.*
129            /home/[^/]+/.cache/fontconfig(/.*)?
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133            /home/[^/]+/.vmware[^/]*/.*.cfg
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137            /home/[^/]+/vmware(/.*)?
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FILE CONTEXTS

154       SELinux requires files to have an extended attribute to define the file
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157       You can see the context of a file using the -Z option to ls
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159       Policy  governs  the  access  confined  processes  have to these files.
160       SELinux vmware policy is very flexible allowing users  to  setup  their
161       vmware processes in as secure a method as possible.
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163       STANDARD FILE CONTEXT
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165       SELinux defines the file context types for the vmware, if you wanted to
166       store files with these types in a diffent paths, you  need  to  execute
167       the  semanage  command  to  sepecify  alternate  labeling  and then use
168       restorecon to put the labels on disk.
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170       semanage fcontext -a -t vmware_tmpfs_t '/srv/myvmware_content(/.*)?'
171       restorecon -R -v /srv/myvmware_content
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173       Note: SELinux often uses regular expressions  to  specify  labels  that
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176       The following file types are defined for vmware:
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182       - Set files with the vmware_conf_t type, if you want to treat the files
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189       - Set files with the vmware_exec_t type, if you want to  transition  an
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193       Paths:
194            /opt/vmware/(workstation|player)/bin/vmware, /opt/vmware/(worksta‐
195            tion|player)/bin/vmware-ping,                /opt/vmware/(worksta‐
196            tion|player)/bin/vmware-wizard,  /usr/bin/vmware, /usr/bin/vmware-
197            ping,      /usr/bin/vmware-wizard,       /usr/sbin/vmware-serverd,
198            /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmplayer,       /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-ui,
199            /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-mks
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204       - Set files with the vmware_file_t type, if you want to treat the files
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209            /home/[^/]+/vmware(/.*)?, /home/[^/]+/.vmware(/.*)?
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214       - Set files with the vmware_host_exec_t type, if you want to transition
215       an executable to the vmware_host_t domain.
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219            /opt/vmware/(workstation|player)/bin/vmnet-natd,
220            /opt/vmware/(workstation|player)/bin/vmnet-dhcpd,
221            /opt/vmware/(workstation|player)/bin/vmware-nmbd,
222            /opt/vmware/(workstation|player)/bin/vmware-smbd,
223            /opt/vmware/(workstation|player)/bin/vmnet-bridge,
224            /opt/vmware/(workstation|player)/bin/vmnet-netifup,
225            /opt/vmware/(workstation|player)/bin/vmnet-sniffer,
226            /opt/vmware/(workstation|player)/bin/vmware-smbpasswd,
227            /opt/vmware/(workstation|player)/bin/vmware-smbpasswd.bin,
228            /usr/sbin/vmware-guest.*,   /usr/lib/vmware-tools/sbin32/vmware.*,
229            /usr/lib/vmware-tools/sbin64/vmware.*,        /usr/bin/vmnet-natd,
230            /usr/bin/vmware-vmx,  /usr/bin/vmnet-dhcpd,  /usr/bin/vmware-nmbd,
231            /usr/bin/vmware-smbd, /usr/bin/vmnet-bridge,  /usr/bin/vmnet-neti‐
232            fup,        /usr/bin/vmnet-sniffer,       /usr/bin/vmware-network,
233            /usr/bin/vmware-smbpasswd,          /usr/bin/vmware-smbpasswd.bin,
234            /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx
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239       -  Set  files with the vmware_host_pid_t type, if you want to store the
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247       vmware_host_tmp_t
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249       - Set files with the vmware_host_tmp_t  type,  if  you  want  to  store
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256       -  Set  files with the vmware_log_t type, if you want to treat the data
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266       - Set files with the vmware_pid_t type, if you want to store the vmware
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273       -  Set  files with the vmware_sys_conf_t type, if you want to treat the
274       files as vmware sys configuration data, usually stored under  the  /etc
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284       -  Set  files  with  the vmware_tmp_t type, if you want to store vmware
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291       - Set files with the vmware_tmpfs_t type, if you want to  store  vmware
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296       Note:  File context can be temporarily modified with the chcon command.
297       If you want to permanently change the file context you need to use  the
298       semanage fcontext command.  This will modify the SELinux labeling data‐
299       base.  You will need to use restorecon to apply the labels.
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COMMANDS

303       semanage fcontext can also be used to manipulate default  file  context
304       mappings.
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306       semanage  permissive  can  also  be used to manipulate whether or not a
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309       semanage module can also be used to enable/disable/install/remove  pol‐
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312       semanage boolean can also be used to manipulate the booleans
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315       system-config-selinux is a GUI tool available to customize SELinux pol‐
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AUTHOR

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