rpm_selinux(8)

1rpm_selinux(8)                SELinux Policy rpm                rpm_selinux(8)
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NAME

6       rpm_selinux - Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the rpm processes
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DESCRIPTION

9       Security-Enhanced  Linux  secures the rpm processes via flexible manda‐
10       tory access control.
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12       The rpm processes execute with the rpm_t SELinux type. You can check if
13       you  have  these processes running by executing the ps command with the
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18       ps -eZ | grep rpm_t
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ENTRYPOINTS

23       The rpm_t SELinux  type  can  be  entered  via  the  rpm_script_exec_t,
24       rpm_exec_t, debuginfo_exec_t file types.
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26       The default entrypoint paths for the rpm_t domain are the following:
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28       /usr/bin/dnf-[0-9]+,                 /usr/sbin/rhn_check-[0-9]+.[0-9]+,
29       /usr/libexec/yumDBUSBackend.py, /bin/rpm,  /usr/bin/dnf,  /usr/bin/rpm,
30       /usr/bin/yum,      /usr/bin/zif,     /usr/sbin/pup,     /usr/bin/smart,
31       /usr/sbin/bcfg2, /usr/sbin/pirut, /usr/bin/apt-get,  /bin/yum-builddep,
32       /usr/sbin/up2date,        /usr/bin/apt-shell,       /usr/bin/repoquery,
33       /usr/sbin/synaptic,      /usr/sbin/yum-cron,       /usr/sbin/rhn_check,
34       /usr/sbin/rhnreg_ks,    /usr/bin/anaconda-yum,   /usr/bin/yum-builddep,
35       /usr/sbin/packagekitd, /usr/bin/dnf-automatic,  /usr/sbin/yum-updatesd,
36       /usr/bin/yum-deprecated,  /usr/bin/package-cleanup,  /usr/libexec/pack‐
37       agekitd,   /usr/bin/fedora-rmdevelrpms,    /usr/bin/rpmdev-rmdevelrpms,
38       /usr/sbin/system-install-packages,   /usr/share/yumex/yum_childtask.py,
39       /usr/sbin/yum-complete-transaction, /usr/share/yumex/yumex-yum-backend,
40       /usr/libexec/pegasus/pycmpiLMI_Software-cimprovagt,   /usr/libexec/dnf-
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PROCESS TYPES

44       SELinux defines process types (domains) for each process running on the
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47       You can see the context of a process using the -Z option to ps
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49       Policy  governs  the  access confined processes have to files.  SELinux
50       rpm policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their rpm processes
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53       The following process types are defined for rpm:
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55       rpm_t, rpmdb_t, rpm_script_t
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57       Note: semanage permissive -a rpm_t can be used to make the process type
58       rpm_t permissive. SELinux does not deny access  to  permissive  process
59       types, but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are still generated.
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BOOLEANS

63       SELinux  policy  is  customizable  based on least access required.  rpm
64       policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that allow you to
65       manipulate the policy and run rpm with the tightest access possible.
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69       If  you  want  to control the ability to mmap a low area of the address
70       space, as configured by /proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr, you  must  turn  on
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84       If you want to allow unconfined executables to make their  heap  memory
85       executable.   Doing  this  is  a  really bad idea. Probably indicates a
86       badly coded executable, but could indicate an attack.  This  executable
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96       badly coded executable, but could indicate an attack.  This  executable
97       should  be reported in bugzilla, you must turn on the selinuxuser_exec‐
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MANAGED FILES

105       The SELinux process type rpm_t can manage files labeled with  the  fol‐
106       lowing  file  types.   The paths listed are the default paths for these
107       file types.  Note the processes UID still need to have DAC permissions.
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FILE CONTEXTS

115       SELinux requires files to have an extended attribute to define the file
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120       Policy  governs  the  access  confined  processes  have to these files.
121       SELinux rpm policy is very flexible allowing users to setup  their  rpm
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124       EQUIVALENCE DIRECTORIES
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127       rpm policy stores data with multiple different file context types under
128       the /var/lib/rpm directory.  If you would like to store the data  in  a
129       different  directory  you  can  use  the  semanage command to create an
130       equivalence mapping.  If you wanted to store this data under  the  /srv
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136       STANDARD FILE CONTEXT
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138       SELinux  defines  the  file context types for the rpm, if you wanted to
139       store files with these types in a diffent paths, you  need  to  execute
140       the  semanage  command  to  specify alternate labeling and then use re‐
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146       Note: SELinux often uses regular expressions  to  specify  labels  that
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160            /usr/bin/dnf-[0-9]+,            /usr/sbin/rhn_check-[0-9]+.[0-9]+,
161            /usr/libexec/yumDBUSBackend.py,       /bin/rpm,      /usr/bin/dnf,
162            /usr/bin/rpm,    /usr/bin/yum,    /usr/bin/zif,     /usr/sbin/pup,
163            /usr/bin/smart,  /usr/sbin/bcfg2,  /usr/sbin/pirut,  /usr/bin/apt-
164            get,  /bin/yum-builddep,  /usr/sbin/up2date,   /usr/bin/apt-shell,
165            /usr/bin/repoquery,     /usr/sbin/synaptic,    /usr/sbin/yum-cron,
166            /usr/sbin/rhn_check,  /usr/sbin/rhnreg_ks,  /usr/bin/anaconda-yum,
167            /usr/bin/yum-builddep,  /usr/sbin/packagekitd,  /usr/bin/dnf-auto‐
168            matic,      /usr/sbin/yum-updatesd,       /usr/bin/yum-deprecated,
169            /usr/bin/package-cleanup,  /usr/libexec/packagekitd,  /usr/bin/fe‐
170            dora-rmdevelrpms,  /usr/bin/rpmdev-rmdevelrpms,  /usr/sbin/system-
171            install-packages,               /usr/share/yumex/yum_childtask.py,
172            /usr/sbin/yum-complete-transaction,    /usr/share/yumex/yumex-yum-
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178       - Set files with the rpm_file_t type, if you want to treat the files as
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185       - Set files with the rpm_log_t type, if you want to treat the  data  as
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191            brepo.log.*,        /var/log/hawkey.*,         /var/log/up2date.*,
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197       -  Set files with the rpm_script_exec_t type, if you want to transition
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232       - Set files with the rpm_var_cache_t type, if you  want  to  store  the
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243       - Set files with the rpm_var_lib_t type, if you want to store  the  rpm
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249            /var/lib/PackageKit(/.*)?,            /var/lib/alternatives(/.*)?,
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255       -  Set  files with the rpm_var_run_t type, if you want to store the rpm
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277       Note: File context can be temporarily modified with the chcon  command.
278       If  you want to permanently change the file context you need to use the
279       semanage fcontext command.  This will modify the SELinux labeling data‐
280       base.  You will need to use restorecon to apply the labels.
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COMMANDS

284       semanage  fcontext  can also be used to manipulate default file context
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290       semanage  module can also be used to enable/disable/install/remove pol‐
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AUTHOR

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