1vmtools_selinux(8)          SELinux Policy vmtools          vmtools_selinux(8)
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NAME

6       vmtools_selinux  -  Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the vmtools pro‐
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DESCRIPTION

10       Security-Enhanced Linux secures  the  vmtools  processes  via  flexible
11       mandatory access control.
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13       The  vmtools processes execute with the vmtools_t SELinux type. You can
14       check if you have these processes running by executing the  ps  command
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19       ps -eZ | grep vmtools_t
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ENTRYPOINTS

24       The  vmtools_t  SELinux type can be entered via the vmtools_exec_t file
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27       The default entrypoint paths for the vmtools_t domain are  the  follow‐
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30       /usr/bin/vmtoolsd, /usr/bin/VGAuthService
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PROCESS TYPES

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       vmtools  policy  is very flexible allowing users to setup their vmtools
40       processes in as secure a method as possible.
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42       The following process types are defined for vmtools:
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44       vmtools_t, vmtools_helper_t, vmtools_unconfined_t
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46       Note: semanage permissive -a vmtools_t can be used to make the  process
47       type  vmtools_t  permissive. SELinux does not deny access to permissive
48       process types, but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are still  gener‐
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BOOLEANS

53       SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required.  vmtools
54       policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that allow you to
55       manipulate  the  policy and run vmtools with the tightest access possi‐
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60       If you want to deny user domains applications to map a memory region as
61       both  executable  and  writable,  this  is dangerous and the executable
62       should be reported in bugzilla, you must turn on the deny_execmem bool‐
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65       setsebool -P deny_execmem 1
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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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77       If  you want to disable kernel module loading, you must turn on the se‐
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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
87       should  be  reported  in bugzilla, you must turn on the selinuxuser_ex‐
88       echeap boolean. Disabled by default.
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94       If you want to allow unconfined executables to make  their  stack  exe‐
95       cutable.   This  should  never, ever be necessary. Probably indicates a
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 vmtools_t can manage files  labeled  with  the
106       following 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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118       You can see the context of a file using the -Z option to ls
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120       Policy  governs  the  access  confined  processes  have to these files.
121       SELinux vmtools policy is very flexible allowing users to  setup  their
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124       STANDARD FILE CONTEXT
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126       SELinux  defines  the file context types for the vmtools, if you wanted
127       to store files with these types in a diffent paths, you need to execute
128       the  semanage  command  to  specify alternate labeling and then use re‐
129       storecon to put the labels on disk.
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131       semanage fcontext -a -t vmtools_tmp_t '/srv/myvmtools_content(/.*)?'
132       restorecon -R -v /srv/myvmtools_content
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134       Note: SELinux often uses regular expressions  to  specify  labels  that
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137       The following file types are defined for vmtools:
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143       -  Set files with the vmtools_exec_t type, if you want to transition an
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147       Paths:
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153       - Set files with the vmtools_helper_exec_t type, if you want to transi‐
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160       -  Set  files with the vmtools_tmp_t type, if you want to store vmtools
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167       - Set files with the vmtools_unconfined_exec_t type,  if  you  want  to
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174       - Set files with the vmtools_unit_file_t type, if you want to treat the
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179       Note: File context can be temporarily modified with the chcon  command.
180       If  you want to permanently change the file context you need to use the
181       semanage fcontext command.  This will modify the SELinux labeling data‐
182       base.  You will need to use restorecon to apply the labels.
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COMMANDS

186       semanage  fcontext  can also be used to manipulate default file context
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189       semanage permissive can also be used to manipulate  whether  or  not  a
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192       semanage  module can also be used to enable/disable/install/remove pol‐
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195       semanage boolean can also be used to manipulate the booleans
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198       system-config-selinux is a GUI tool available to customize SELinux pol‐
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AUTHOR

203       This manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage .
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SEE ALSO

207       selinux(8),  vmtools(8),  semanage(8),  restorecon(8), chcon(1), sepol‐
208       icy(8),       setsebool(8),       vmtools_helper_selinux(8),        vm‐
209       tools_helper_selinux(8),  vmtools_unconfined_selinux(8), vmtools_uncon‐
210       fined_selinux(8)
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