1setfiles_mac_selinux(8) SELinux Policy setfiles_mac setfiles_mac_selinux(8)
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6 setfiles_mac_selinux - Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the set‐
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10 Security-Enhanced Linux secures the setfiles_mac processes via flexible
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13 The setfiles_mac processes execute with the setfiles_mac_t SELinux
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24 The setfiles_mac_t SELinux type can be entered via the setfiles_exec_t
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34 SELinux defines process types (domains) for each process running on the
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39 Policy governs the access confined processes have to files. SELinux
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43 The following process types are defined for setfiles_mac:
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145 selinux(8), setfiles_mac(8), semanage(8), restorecon(8), chcon(1),
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