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6 updpwd_selinux - Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the updpwd pro‐
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10 Security-Enhanced Linux secures the updpwd processes via flexible
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13 The updpwd processes execute with the updpwd_t SELinux type. You can
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24 The updpwd_t SELinux type can be entered via the updpwd_exec_t file
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27 The default entrypoint paths for the updpwd_t domain are the following:
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30 /usr/sbin/tcb_convert, /usr/sbin/unix_update, /usr/sbin/tcb_unconvert,
31 /usr/sbin/pwhistory_helper, /usr/libexec/chkpwd/tcb_updpwd
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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 updpwd policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their updpwd
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43 The following process types are defined for updpwd:
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47 Note: semanage permissive -a updpwd_t can be used to make the process
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54 SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required. updpwd
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89 The SELinux process type updpwd_t can manage files labeled with the
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96 /var/cache/krb5rcache(/.*)?
97 /var/tmp/nfs_0
98 /var/tmp/DNS_25
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111 /etc/gshadow.*
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114 /etc/security/opasswd
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125 SELinux updpwd policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their
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128 STANDARD FILE CONTEXT
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130 SELinux defines the file context types for the updpwd, if you wanted to
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135 semanage fcontext -a -t updpwd_exec_t '/srv/updpwd/content(/.*)?'
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159 semanage fcontext command. This will modify the SELinux labeling data‐
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181 This manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage .
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185 selinux(8), updpwd(8), semanage(8), restorecon(8), chcon(1), sepol‐
186 icy(8), setsebool(8)
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