automount_selinux(8)

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💅 automount_selinux — the SELinux glow-up for automount, bestie ✨

Okay so real talk: this page is automount_selinux(8), and it's literally the manual for how SELinux handles the automount processes. No cap, it's giving secure-but-flexible. Let's get into it. 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

automount_selinux — the Security-Enhanced Linux policy for the automount processes. Periodt. 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

(This page is a policy description, so no synopsis command here — just vibes and mandatory access control.)

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Security-Enhanced Linux secures the automount processes via flexible mandatory access control. It's lowkey iconic how it just handles it.

The automount processes execute with the automount_t SELinux type. You can check if you have these processes running by executing the ps command with the -Z qualifier.

For example:

ps -eZ | grep automount_t

🔥 ENTRYPOINTS 🔥

The automount_t SELinux type can be entered via the automount_exec_t file type. That's the main character energy right there. 💅

The default entrypoint paths for the automount_t domain are the following:

/usr/bin/automount, /etc/apm/event.d/autofs

👑 PROCESS TYPES 👑

SELinux defines process types (domains) for each process running on the system. Slay.

You can see the context of a process using the -Z option to ps.

Policy governs the access confined processes have to files. SELinux automount policy is very flexible, allowing users to set up their automount processes in as secure a method as possible. Obsessed with the flexibility, ngl.

The following process types are defined for automount:

automount_t
Note: semanage permissive -a automount_t can be used to make the process type automount_t permissive. SELinux does not deny access to permissive process types, but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are still generated. So like, it's not a free pass, bestie — you still get receipts. 😭

💖 BOOLEANS 💖

SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required. automount policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that allow you to manipulate the policy and run automount with the tightest access possible. It's giving customizable queen. ✨

If you want to dontaudit all daemons scheduling requests (setsched, sys_nice), you must turn on the daemons_dontaudit_scheduling boolean. Enabled by default. 🫶

setsebool -P daemons_dontaudit_scheduling 1

If you want to allow all domains to execute in fips_mode, you must turn on the fips_mode boolean. Enabled by default. 🔥

setsebool -P fips_mode 1

If you want to allow the mount commands to mount any directory or file, you must turn on the mount_anyfile boolean. Enabled by default. 💅

setsebool -P mount_anyfile 1

If you want to allow system to run with NIS, you must turn on the nis_enabled boolean. Disabled by default. 🙈

setsebool -P nis_enabled 1

🎀 MANAGED FILES 🎀

The SELinux process type automount_t can manage files labeled with the following file types. The paths listed are the default paths for these file types. Note the processes UID still need to have DAC permissions. No cap, UID still matters. 💯

automount_lock_t

/run/lock/subsys/autofs

automount_tmp_t

(no default paths listed)

automount_var_run_t

/run/autofs.*

cluster_conf_t

/etc/cluster(/.*)?

cluster_var_lib_t

/var/lib/pcsd(/.*)?
/var/lib/cluster(/.*)?
/var/lib/openais(/.*)?
/var/lib/pengine(/.*)?
/var/lib/corosync(/.*)?
/usr/lib/heartbeat(/.*)?
/var/lib/heartbeat(/.*)?
/var/lib/pacemaker(/.*)?

cluster_var_run_t

/run/crm(/.*)?
/run/cman_.*
/run/rsctmp(/.*)?
/run/aisexec.*
/run/heartbeat(/.*)?
/run/pcsd-ruby.socket
/run/corosync-qnetd(/.*)?
/run/corosync-qdevice(/.*)?
/run/pcsd.socket
/run/corosync.pid
/run/cpglockd.pid
/run/rgmanager.pid
/run/cluster/rgmanager.sk

krb5_host_rcache_t

/var/tmp/krb5_0.rcache2
/var/cache/krb5rcache(/.*)?
/var/tmp/nfs_0
/var/tmp/DNS_25
/var/tmp/host_0
/var/tmp/imap_0
/var/tmp/HTTP_23
/var/tmp/HTTP_48
/var/tmp/ldap_55
/var/tmp/ldap_487
/var/tmp/ldapmap1_0

mount_var_run_t

/run/mount(/.*)?
/dev/.mount(/.*)?
/run/davfs2(/.*)?
/var/cache/davfs2(/.*)?

root_t

/sysroot/.aleph-version.json
/sysroot/ostree/deploy/.*-atomic/deploy(/.*)?
/
/initrd
/var/lib/ntp

🌈 FILE CONTEXTS 🌈

SELinux requires files to have an extended attribute to define the file type. It's giving metadata realness. 💜

You can see the context of a file using the -Z option to ls.

Policy governs the access confined processes have to these files. SELinux automount policy is very flexible, allowing users to set up their automount processes in as secure a method as possible. The flexibility is honestly iconic at this point. ✨

⭐ STANDARD FILE CONTEXT ⭐

SELinux defines the file context types for the automount, and if you wanted to store files with these types in a different paths, you need to execute the semanage command to specify alternate labeling and then use restorecon to put the labels on disk. It's giving DIY but make it secure. 🫶

semanage fcontext -a -t automount_exec_t '/srv/automount/content(/.*)?'
restorecon -R -v /srv/myautomount_content
Note: SELinux often uses regular expressions to specify labels that match multiple files. Regex girls, rise up. 💅

The following file types are defined for automount:

automount_exec_t

  • Set files with the automount_exec_t type if you want to transition an executable to the automount_t domain.

Paths:

/usr/bin/automount, /etc/apm/event.d/autofs

automount_initrc_exec_t

  • Set files with the automount_initrc_exec_t type if you want to transition an executable to the automount_initrc_t domain.

automount_keytab_t

  • Set files with the automount_keytab_t type if you want to treat the files as kerberos keytab files.

automount_lock_t

  • Set files with the automount_lock_t type if you want to treat the files as automount lock data, stored under the /var/lock directory.

automount_tmp_t

  • Set files with the automount_tmp_t type if you want to store automount temporary files in the /tmp directories.

automount_unit_file_t

  • Set files with the automount_unit_file_t type if you want to treat the files as automount unit content.

automount_var_run_t

  • Set files with the automount_var_run_t type if you want to store the automount files under the /run or /var/run directory.
Note: File context can be temporarily modified with the chcon command. If you want to permanently change the file context you need to use the semanage fcontext command. This will modify the SELinux labeling database. You will need to use restorecon to apply the labels. So chcon is giving temporary fix, and semanage fcontext + restorecon is the permanent glow-up. Don't @ me. 💀

🧚 COMMANDS 🧚

semanage fcontext can also be used to manipulate default file context mappings. Slay.

semanage permissive can also be used to manipulate whether or not a process type is permissive. Queen behavior.

semanage module can also be used to enable/disable/install/remove policy modules. Obsessed.

semanage boolean can also be used to manipulate the booleans. Literally so handy.

system-config-selinux is a GUI tool available to customize SELinux policy settings. For the visual learners, bestie. 🎀

🌟 AUTHOR 🌟

This manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage. The algorithm ate and left no crumbs, fr fr. 🤖✨

🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

selinux(8), automount(8), semanage(8), restorecon(8), chcon(1), sepolicy(8), setsebool(8)

💖 That's the whole page, bestie! Stay secure, stay slay. 💖

Auto-generated with sepolicy manpage on 26-10-06 — it's me, automount_selinux(8), signing off. Mwah! 💋🎀

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