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6 hostapd_selinux - Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the hostapd pro‐
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10 Security-Enhanced Linux secures the hostapd processes via flexible
11 mandatory access control.
12 The hostapd processes execute with the hostapd_t SELinux type. You can
14 check if you have these processes running by executing the ps command
15 with the -Z qualifier.
16 For example:
18 ps -eZ | grep hostapd_t
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24 The hostapd_t SELinux type can be entered via the hostapd_exec_t file
25 type.
26 The default entrypoint paths for the hostapd_t domain are the follow‐
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29 /usr/sbin/hostapd
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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 hostapd policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their hostapd
40 processes in as secure a method as possible.
41 The following process types are defined for hostapd:
43 hostapd_t
45 Note: semanage permissive -a hostapd_t can be used to make the process
47 type hostapd_t permissive. SELinux does not deny access to permissive
48 process types, but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are still gener‐
49 ated.
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53 SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required. hostapd
54 policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that allow you to
55 manipulate the policy and run hostapd with the tightest access possi‐
56 ble.
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. Disabled 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. Disabled by default.
91 setsebool -P nscd_use_shm 1
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97 The SELinux process type hostapd_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 cluster_conf_t
102 /etc/cluster(/.*)?
104 cluster_var_lib_t
106 /var/lib/pcsd(/.*)?
108 /var/lib/cluster(/.*)?
109 /var/lib/openais(/.*)?
110 /var/lib/pengine(/.*)?
111 /var/lib/corosync(/.*)?
112 /usr/lib/heartbeat(/.*)?
113 /var/lib/heartbeat(/.*)?
114 /var/lib/pacemaker(/.*)?
115 cluster_var_run_t
117 /var/run/crm(/.*)?
119 /var/run/cman_.*
120 /var/run/rsctmp(/.*)?
121 /var/run/aisexec.*
122 /var/run/heartbeat(/.*)?
123 /var/run/corosync-qnetd(/.*)?
124 /var/run/corosync-qdevice(/.*)?
125 /var/run/corosync.pid
126 /var/run/cpglockd.pid
127 /var/run/rgmanager.pid
128 /var/run/cluster/rgmanager.sk
129 hostapd_var_run_t
131 /var/run/hostapd(/.*)?
133 root_t
135 /sysroot/ostree/deploy/.*-atomic/deploy(/.*)?
137 /
138 /initrd
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142 SELinux requires files to have an extended attribute to define the file
143 type.
144 You can see the context of a file using the -Z option to ls
146 Policy governs the access confined processes have to these files.
148 SELinux hostapd policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their
149 hostapd processes in as secure a method as possible.
150 STANDARD FILE CONTEXT
152 SELinux defines the file context types for the hostapd, if you wanted
154 to store files with these types in a diffent paths, you need to execute
155 the semanage command to sepecify alternate labeling and then use
156 restorecon to put the labels on disk.
157 semanage fcontext -a -t hostapd_unit_file_t '/srv/myhostapd_con‐
159 tent(/.*)?'
160 restorecon -R -v /srv/myhostapd_content
161 Note: SELinux often uses regular expressions to specify labels that
163 match multiple files.
164 The following file types are defined for hostapd:
166 hostapd_exec_t
170 - Set files with the hostapd_exec_t type, if you want to transition an
172 executable to the hostapd_t domain.
173 hostapd_unit_file_t
177 - Set files with the hostapd_unit_file_t type, if you want to treat the
179 files as hostapd unit content.
180 hostapd_var_run_t
184 - Set files with the hostapd_var_run_t type, if you want to store the
186 hostapd files under the /run or /var/run directory.
187 Note: File context can be temporarily modified with the chcon command.
191 If you want to permanently change the file context you need to use the
192 semanage fcontext command. This will modify the SELinux labeling data‐
193 base. You will need to use restorecon to apply the labels.
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197 semanage fcontext can also be used to manipulate default file context
198 mappings.
199 semanage permissive can also be used to manipulate whether or not a
201 process type is permissive.
202 semanage module can also be used to enable/disable/install/remove pol‐
204 icy modules.
205 semanage boolean can also be used to manipulate the booleans
207 system-config-selinux is a GUI tool available to customize SELinux pol‐
210 icy settings.
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214 This manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage .
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218 selinux(8), hostapd(8), semanage(8), restorecon(8), chcon(1), sepol‐
219 icy(8), setsebool(8)
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