1exim_selinux(8) SELinux Policy exim exim_selinux(8)
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6 exim_selinux - Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the exim processes
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9 Security-Enhanced Linux secures the exim processes via flexible manda‐
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12 The exim processes execute with the exim_t SELinux type. You can check
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18 ps -eZ | grep exim_t
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23 The exim_t SELinux type can be entered via the exim_exec_t file type.
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25 The default entrypoint paths for the exim_t domain are the following:
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27 /usr/sbin/exim[0-9]?, /usr/sbin/exim_tidydb
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30 SELinux defines process types (domains) for each process running on the
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33 You can see the context of a process using the -Z option to ps
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35 Policy governs the access confined processes have to files. SELinux
36 exim policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their exim pro‐
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39 The following process types are defined for exim:
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43 Note: semanage permissive -a exim_t can be used to make the process
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50 SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required. exim
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56 If you want to determine whether exim can connect to databases, you
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59 setsebool -P exim_can_connect_db 1
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67 setsebool -P exim_manage_user_files 1
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87 The SELinux process type exim_t can manage files labeled with the fol‐
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100 /var/lib/pcsd(/.*)?
101 /var/lib/cluster(/.*)?
102 /var/lib/openais(/.*)?
103 /var/lib/pengine(/.*)?
104 /var/lib/corosync(/.*)?
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113 /var/run/rsctmp(/.*)?
114 /var/run/aisexec.*
115 /var/run/heartbeat(/.*)?
116 /var/run/corosync-qnetd(/.*)?
117 /var/run/corosync-qdevice(/.*)?
118 /var/run/corosync.pid
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163 /home/[^/]+/.esmtp_queue(/.*)?
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167 /etc/mailman.*
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195 EQUIVALENCE DIRECTORIES
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198 exim policy stores data with multiple different file context types
199 under the /var/run/exim[0-9]? directory. If you would like to store
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204 semanage fcontext -a -e /var/run/exim[0-9]? /srv/exim[0-9]?
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209 SELinux defines the file context types for the exim, if you wanted to
210 store files with these types in a diffent paths, you need to execute
211 the semanage command to sepecify alternate labeling and then use
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214 semanage fcontext -a -t exim_var_run_t '/srv/myexim_content(/.*)?'
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236 - Set files with the exim_initrc_exec_t type, if you want to transition
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243 - Set files with the exim_keytab_t type, if you want to treat the files
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250 - Set files with the exim_log_t type, if you want to treat the data as
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257 - Set files with the exim_spool_t type, if you want to store the exim
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264 - Set files with the exim_tmp_t type, if you want to store exim tempo‐
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278 - Set files with the exim_var_run_t type, if you want to store the exim
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299 semanage module can also be used to enable/disable/install/remove pol‐
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