1hostapd_selinux(8) SELinux Policy hostapd hostapd_selinux(8)
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6 hostapd_selinux - Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the hostapd pro‐
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10 Security-Enhanced Linux secures the hostapd processes via flexible
11 mandatory access control.
12 The hostapd processes execute with the hostapd_t SELinux type. You can
14 check if you have these processes running by executing the ps command
15 with the -Z qualifier.
16 For example:
18 ps -eZ | grep hostapd_t
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24 The hostapd_t SELinux type can be entered via the hostapd_exec_t file
25 type.
26 The default entrypoint paths for the hostapd_t domain are the follow‐
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29 /usr/sbin/hostapd
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33 SELinux defines process types (domains) for each process running on the
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35 You can see the context of a process using the -Z option to ps
37 Policy governs the access confined processes have to files. SELinux
39 hostapd policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their hostapd
40 processes in as secure a method as possible.
41 The following process types are defined for hostapd:
43 hostapd_t
45 Note: semanage permissive -a hostapd_t can be used to make the process
47 type hostapd_t permissive. SELinux does not deny access to permissive
48 process types, but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are still gener‐
49 ated.
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53 SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required. hostapd
54 policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that allow you to
55 manipulate the policy and run hostapd with the tightest access possi‐
56 ble.
57 If you want to allow all domains to execute in fips_mode, you must turn
61 on the fips_mode boolean. Enabled by default.
62 setsebool -P fips_mode 1
64 If you want to allow system to run with NIS, you must turn on the
68 nis_enabled boolean. Disabled by default.
69 setsebool -P nis_enabled 1
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75 The SELinux process type hostapd_t can manage files labeled with the
76 following file types. The paths listed are the default paths for these
77 file types. Note the processes UID still need to have DAC permissions.
78 cluster_conf_t
80 /etc/cluster(/.*)?
82 cluster_var_lib_t
84 /var/lib/pcsd(/.*)?
86 /var/lib/cluster(/.*)?
87 /var/lib/openais(/.*)?
88 /var/lib/pengine(/.*)?
89 /var/lib/corosync(/.*)?
90 /usr/lib/heartbeat(/.*)?
91 /var/lib/heartbeat(/.*)?
92 /var/lib/pacemaker(/.*)?
93 cluster_var_run_t
95 /var/run/crm(/.*)?
97 /var/run/cman_.*
98 /var/run/rsctmp(/.*)?
99 /var/run/aisexec.*
100 /var/run/heartbeat(/.*)?
101 /var/run/pcsd-ruby.socket
102 /var/run/corosync-qnetd(/.*)?
103 /var/run/corosync-qdevice(/.*)?
104 /var/run/corosync.pid
105 /var/run/cpglockd.pid
106 /var/run/rgmanager.pid
107 /var/run/cluster/rgmanager.sk
108 hostapd_var_run_t
110 /var/run/hostapd(/.*)?
112 krb5_host_rcache_t
114 /var/tmp/krb5_0.rcache2
116 /var/cache/krb5rcache(/.*)?
117 /var/tmp/nfs_0
118 /var/tmp/DNS_25
119 /var/tmp/host_0
120 /var/tmp/imap_0
121 /var/tmp/HTTP_23
122 /var/tmp/HTTP_48
123 /var/tmp/ldap_55
124 /var/tmp/ldap_487
125 /var/tmp/ldapmap1_0
126 root_t
128 /sysroot/ostree/deploy/.*-atomic/deploy(/.*)?
130 /
131 /initrd
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135 SELinux requires files to have an extended attribute to define the file
136 type.
137 You can see the context of a file using the -Z option to ls
139 Policy governs the access confined processes have to these files.
141 SELinux hostapd policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their
142 hostapd processes in as secure a method as possible.
143 STANDARD FILE CONTEXT
145 SELinux defines the file context types for the hostapd, if you wanted
147 to store files with these types in a diffent paths, you need to execute
148 the semanage command to sepecify alternate labeling and then use re‐
149 storecon to put the labels on disk.
150 semanage fcontext -a -t hostapd_unit_file_t '/srv/myhostapd_con‐
152 tent(/.*)?'
153 restorecon -R -v /srv/myhostapd_content
154 Note: SELinux often uses regular expressions to specify labels that
156 match multiple files.
157 The following file types are defined for hostapd:
159 hostapd_exec_t
163 - Set files with the hostapd_exec_t type, if you want to transition an
165 executable to the hostapd_t domain.
166 hostapd_unit_file_t
170 - Set files with the hostapd_unit_file_t type, if you want to treat the
172 files as hostapd unit content.
173 hostapd_var_run_t
177 - Set files with the hostapd_var_run_t type, if you want to store the
179 hostapd files under the /run or /var/run directory.
180 Note: File context can be temporarily modified with the chcon command.
184 If you want to permanently change the file context you need to use the
185 semanage fcontext command. This will modify the SELinux labeling data‐
186 base. You will need to use restorecon to apply the labels.
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190 semanage fcontext can also be used to manipulate default file context
191 mappings.
192 semanage permissive can also be used to manipulate whether or not a
194 process type is permissive.
195 semanage module can also be used to enable/disable/install/remove pol‐
197 icy modules.
198 semanage boolean can also be used to manipulate the booleans
200 system-config-selinux is a GUI tool available to customize SELinux pol‐
203 icy settings.
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207 This manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage .
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211 selinux(8), hostapd(8), semanage(8), restorecon(8), chcon(1), sepol‐
212 icy(8), setsebool(8)
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