policykit_selinux(8)

1policykit_selinux(8)       SELinux Policy policykit       policykit_selinux(8)
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NAME

6       policykit_selinux  -  Security  Enhanced Linux Policy for the policykit
7       processes
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DESCRIPTION

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

24       The  policykit_t  SELinux  type can be entered via the policykit_exec_t
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27       The default entrypoint paths for the policykit_t domain are the follow‐
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30       /usr/libexec/polkitd.*,                /usr/libexec/polkit-1/polkitd.*,
31       /usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd, /usr/lib/policykit/polkitd
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PROCESS TYPES

34       SELinux defines process types (domains) for each process running on the
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37       You can see the context of a process using the -Z option to ps
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39       Policy  governs  the  access confined processes have to files.  SELinux
40       policykit policy is very flexible allowing users to setup  their  poli‐
41       cykit processes in as secure a method as possible.
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43       The following process types are defined for policykit:
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45       policykit_t, policykit_auth_t, policykit_grant_t, policykit_resolve_t
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47       Note:  semanage  permissive  -a  policykit_t  can  be  used to make the
48       process type policykit_t permissive. SELinux does not  deny  access  to
49       permissive  process  types,  but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are
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BOOLEANS

54       SELinux policy is customizable based on least access  required.   poli‐
55       cykit  policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that allow
56       you to manipulate the policy and run policykit with the tightest access
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61       If you want to allow all domains to execute in fips_mode, you must turn
62       on the fips_mode boolean. Enabled by default.
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64       setsebool -P fips_mode 1
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68       If you want to allow confined applications to run  with  kerberos,  you
69       must turn on the kerberos_enabled boolean. Disabled by default.
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75       If  you  want  to  allow  system  to run with NIS, you must turn on the
76       nis_enabled boolean. Disabled by default.
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MANAGED FILES

83       The SELinux process type policykit_t can manage files labeled with  the
84       following file types.  The paths listed are the default paths for these
85       file types.  Note the processes UID still need to have DAC permissions.
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87       cluster_conf_t
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89            /etc/cluster(/.*)?
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91       cluster_var_lib_t
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93            /var/lib/pcsd(/.*)?
94            /var/lib/cluster(/.*)?
95            /var/lib/openais(/.*)?
96            /var/lib/pengine(/.*)?
97            /var/lib/corosync(/.*)?
98            /usr/lib/heartbeat(/.*)?
99            /var/lib/heartbeat(/.*)?
100            /var/lib/pacemaker(/.*)?
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102       cluster_var_run_t
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104            /var/run/crm(/.*)?
105            /var/run/cman_.*
106            /var/run/rsctmp(/.*)?
107            /var/run/aisexec.*
108            /var/run/heartbeat(/.*)?
109            /var/run/corosync-qnetd(/.*)?
110            /var/run/corosync-qdevice(/.*)?
111            /var/run/corosync.pid
112            /var/run/cpglockd.pid
113            /var/run/rgmanager.pid
114            /var/run/cluster/rgmanager.sk
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116       policykit_reload_t
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122            /var/lib/polkit-1(/.*)?
123            /var/lib/PolicyKit(/.*)?
124            /var/lib/PolicyKit-public(/.*)?
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126       policykit_var_run_t
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128            /var/run/PolicyKit(/.*)?
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130       root_t
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132            /sysroot/ostree/deploy/.*-atomic/deploy(/.*)?
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FILE CONTEXTS

142       SELinux requires files to have an extended attribute to define the file
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145       You can see the context of a file using the -Z option to ls
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147       Policy  governs  the  access  confined  processes  have to these files.
148       SELinux policykit policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their
149       policykit processes in as secure a method as possible.
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151       EQUIVALENCE DIRECTORIES
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154       policykit policy stores data with multiple different file context types
155       under the /var/lib/PolicyKit directory.  If you would like to store the
156       data  in a different directory you can use the semanage command to cre‐
157       ate an equivalence mapping.  If you wanted to store this data under the
158       /srv directory you would execute the following command:
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160       semanage fcontext -a -e /var/lib/PolicyKit /srv/PolicyKit
161       restorecon -R -v /srv/PolicyKit
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163       STANDARD FILE CONTEXT
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165       SELinux defines the file context types for the policykit, if you wanted
166       to 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  policykit_var_run_t  '/srv/mypolicykit_con‐
171       tent(/.*)?'
172       restorecon -R -v /srv/mypolicykit_content
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174       Note:  SELinux  often  uses  regular expressions to specify labels that
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177       The following file types are defined for policykit:
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181       policykit_auth_exec_t
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183       - Set files with the policykit_auth_exec_t type, if you want to transi‐
184       tion an executable to the policykit_auth_t domain.
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187       Paths:
188            /usr/bin/pkla-check-authorization,  /usr/libexec/polkit-read-auth-
189            helper,  /usr/lib/polkit-1/polkit-agent-helper-1,   /usr/lib/poli‐
190            cykit/polkit-read-auth-helper, /usr/libexec/polkit-1/polkit-agent-
191            helper-1, /usr/libexec/kde4/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1
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194       policykit_exec_t
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196       - Set files with the policykit_exec_t type, if you want  to  transition
197       an executable to the policykit_t domain.
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200       Paths:
201            /usr/libexec/polkitd.*,           /usr/libexec/polkit-1/polkitd.*,
202            /usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd, /usr/lib/policykit/polkitd
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205       policykit_grant_exec_t
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207       - Set files with the policykit_grant_exec_t type, if you want to  tran‐
208       sition an executable to the policykit_grant_t domain.
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211       Paths:
212            /usr/libexec/polkit-grant-helper.*,     /usr/lib/policykit/polkit-
213            grant-helper.*
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218       - Set files with the policykit_reload_t type, if you want to treat  the
219       files as policykit reload data.
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225       -  Set  files  with  the  policykit_resolve_exec_t type, if you want to
226       transition an executable to the policykit_resolve_t domain.
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230            /usr/libexec/polkit-resolve-exe-helper.*,           /usr/lib/poli‐
231            cykit/polkit-resolve-exe-helper.*
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236       -  Set  files with the policykit_tmp_t type, if you want to store poli‐
237       cykit temporary files in the /tmp directories.
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243       - Set files with the policykit_var_lib_t type, if you want to store the
244       policykit files under the /var/lib directory.
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247       Paths:
248            /var/lib/polkit-1(/.*)?,  /var/lib/PolicyKit(/.*)?, /var/lib/Poli‐
249            cyKit-public(/.*)?
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254       - Set files with the policykit_var_run_t type, if you want to store the
255       policykit files under the /run or /var/run directory.
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259       Note:  File context can be temporarily modified with the chcon command.
260       If you want to permanently change the file context you need to use  the
261       semanage fcontext command.  This will modify the SELinux labeling data‐
262       base.  You will need to use restorecon to apply the labels.
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COMMANDS

266       semanage fcontext can also be used to manipulate default  file  context
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269       semanage  permissive  can  also  be used to manipulate whether or not a
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272       semanage module can also be used to enable/disable/install/remove  pol‐
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275       semanage boolean can also be used to manipulate the booleans
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278       system-config-selinux is a GUI tool available to customize SELinux pol‐
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AUTHOR

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