1ifconfig_selinux(8) SELinux Policy ifconfig ifconfig_selinux(8)
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6 ifconfig_selinux - Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the ifconfig pro‐
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10 Security-Enhanced Linux secures the ifconfig processes via flexible
11 mandatory access control.
12 The ifconfig processes execute with the ifconfig_t SELinux type. You
14 can check if you have these processes running by executing the ps com‐
15 mand with the -Z qualifier.
16 For example:
18 ps -eZ | grep ifconfig_t
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24 The ifconfig_t SELinux type can be entered via the ifconfig_exec_t file
25 type.
26 The default entrypoint paths for the ifconfig_t domain are the follow‐
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29 /bin/ip, /sbin/ip, /sbin/iw, /sbin/tc, /usr/bin/ip, /usr/sbin/ip,
31 /usr/sbin/iw, /usr/sbin/tc, /sbin/ethtool, /sbin/ifconfig, /sbin/iwcon‐
32 fig, /sbin/mii-tool, /usr/sbin/ethtool, /usr/sbin/ifconfig,
33 /usr/sbin/iwconfig, /usr/sbin/mii-tool, /sbin/ipx_configure,
34 /sbin/ipx_interface, /sbin/ipx_internal_net, /usr/sbin/ipx_configure,
35 /usr/sbin/ipx_interface, /usr/sbin/ipx_internal_net
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38 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
42 Policy governs the access confined processes have to files. SELinux
44 ifconfig policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their ifconfig
45 processes in as secure a method as possible.
46 The following process types are defined for ifconfig:
48 ifconfig_t
50 Note: semanage permissive -a ifconfig_t can be used to make the process
52 type ifconfig_t permissive. SELinux does not deny access to permissive
53 process types, but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are still gener‐
54 ated.
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58 SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required. ifcon‐
59 fig policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that allow
60 you to manipulate the policy and run ifconfig with the tightest access
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62 If you want to allow all domains to execute in fips_mode, you must turn
66 on the fips_mode boolean. Enabled by default.
67 setsebool -P fips_mode 1
69 If you want to allow system to run with NIS, you must turn on the
73 nis_enabled boolean. Disabled by default.
74 setsebool -P nis_enabled 1
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80 The SELinux process type ifconfig_t can manage files labeled with the
81 following file types. The paths listed are the default paths for these
82 file types. Note the processes UID still need to have DAC permissions.
83 ifconfig_var_run_t
85 /var/run/netns
87 ipsec_var_run_t
89 /var/racoon(/.*)?
91 /var/run/pluto(/.*)?
92 /var/run/charon.*
93 /var/run/strongswan(/.*)?
94 /var/run/racoon.pid
95 /var/run/charon.ctl
96 /var/run/charon.dck
97 /var/run/charon.vici
98 tlp_var_run_t
100 /var/run/tlp(/.*)?
102 vmware_log_t
104 /var/log/vmware.*
106 /var/log/vnetlib.*
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110 SELinux requires files to have an extended attribute to define the file
111 type.
112 You can see the context of a file using the -Z option to ls
114 Policy governs the access confined processes have to these files.
116 SELinux ifconfig policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their
117 ifconfig processes in as secure a method as possible.
118 STANDARD FILE CONTEXT
120 SELinux defines the file context types for the ifconfig, if you wanted
122 to store files with these types in a diffent paths, you need to execute
123 the semanage command to sepecify alternate labeling and then use
124 restorecon to put the labels on disk.
125 semanage fcontext -a -t ifconfig_var_run_t '/srv/myifconfig_con‐
127 tent(/.*)?'
128 restorecon -R -v /srv/myifconfig_content
129 Note: SELinux often uses regular expressions to specify labels that
131 match multiple files.
132 The following file types are defined for ifconfig:
134 ifconfig_exec_t
138 - Set files with the ifconfig_exec_t type, if you want to transition an
140 executable to the ifconfig_t domain.
141 Paths:
144 /bin/ip, /sbin/ip, /sbin/iw, /sbin/tc, /usr/bin/ip, /usr/sbin/ip,
145 /usr/sbin/iw, /usr/sbin/tc, /sbin/ethtool, /sbin/ifconfig,
146 /sbin/iwconfig, /sbin/mii-tool, /usr/sbin/ethtool,
147 /usr/sbin/ifconfig, /usr/sbin/iwconfig, /usr/sbin/mii-tool,
148 /sbin/ipx_configure, /sbin/ipx_interface, /sbin/ipx_internal_net,
149 /usr/sbin/ipx_configure, /usr/sbin/ipx_interface,
150 /usr/sbin/ipx_internal_net
151 ifconfig_var_run_t
154 - Set files with the ifconfig_var_run_t type, if you want to store the
156 ifconfig files under the /run or /var/run directory.
157 Note: File context can be temporarily modified with the chcon command.
161 If you want to permanently change the file context you need to use the
162 semanage fcontext command. This will modify the SELinux labeling data‐
163 base. You will need to use restorecon to apply the labels.
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167 semanage fcontext can also be used to manipulate default file context
168 mappings.
169 semanage permissive can also be used to manipulate whether or not a
171 process type is permissive.
172 semanage module can also be used to enable/disable/install/remove pol‐
174 icy modules.
175 semanage boolean can also be used to manipulate the booleans
177 system-config-selinux is a GUI tool available to customize SELinux pol‐
180 icy settings.
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184 This manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage .
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188 selinux(8), ifconfig(8), semanage(8), restorecon(8), chcon(1), sepol‐
189 icy(8), setsebool(8)
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