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6 pulseaudio_selinux - Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the pulseaudio
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10 Security-Enhanced Linux secures the pulseaudio processes via flexible
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13 The pulseaudio processes execute with the pulseaudio_t SELinux type.
14 You can check if you have these processes running by executing the ps
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24 The pulseaudio_t SELinux type can be entered via the pulseaudio_exec_t
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33 SELinux defines process types (domains) for each process running on the
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36 You can see the context of a process using the -Z option to ps
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38 Policy governs the access confined processes have to files. SELinux
39 pulseaudio policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their
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42 The following process types are defined for pulseaudio:
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46 Note: semanage permissive -a pulseaudio_t can be used to make the
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53 SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required.
54 pulseaudio policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that
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115 SELinux pulseaudio policy is very flexible allowing users to setup
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130 The SELinux process type pulseaudio_t can manage files labeled with the
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164 SELinux defines the file context types for the pulseaudio, if you
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166 execute the semanage command to sepecify alternate labeling and then
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246 This manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage .
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250 selinux(8), pulseaudio(8), semanage(8), restorecon(8), chcon(1), sepol‐
251 icy(8), setsebool(8)
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