courier_tcpd_selinux(8)
π courier_tcpd_selinux(8) β SELinux Policy courier_tcpd β¨
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πΈ NAME πΈ
courier_tcpd_selinux β Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the courier_tcpd processes π
β¨ DESCRIPTION β¨
Security-Enhanced Linux secures the courier_tcpd processes via flexible mandatory access control. itβs giving locked-down-but-flexible, periodt. π₯
The courier_tcpd processes execute with the courier_tcpd_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 courier_tcpd_t
πͺ ENTRYPOINTS πͺ
The courier_tcpd_t SELinux type can be entered via the courier_tcpd_exec_t file type.
The default entrypoint paths for the courier_tcpd_t domain are the following:
/usr/bin/couriertcpd
π PROCESS TYPES π
SELinux defines process types (domains) for each process running on the system.
You can see the context of a process using the -Z option to ps.
Policy governs the access confined processes have to files. SELinux courier_tcpd policy is very flexible, allowing users to set up their courier_tcpd processes in as secure a method as possible. π
The following process types are defined for courier_tcpd:
courier_tcpd_t
Note:semanage permissive -a courier_tcpd_tcan be used to make the process typecourier_tcpd_tpermissive. SELinux does not deny access to permissive process types, but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are still generated.
π BOOLEANS π
SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required. courier_tcpd policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that allow you to manipulate the policy and run courier_tcpd with the tightest access possible. π«Ά
daemons_dontaudit_schedulingβ if you want to dontaudit all daemons scheduling requests (setsched,sys_nice), you must turn on thedaemons_dontaudit_schedulingboolean. Enabled by default.
setsebool -P daemons_dontaudit_scheduling 1
fips_modeβ if you want to allow all domains to execute infips_mode, you must turn on thefips_modeboolean. Enabled by default.
setsebool -P fips_mode 1
π MANAGED FILES π
The SELinux process type courier_tcpd_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. π
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
courier_var_lib_t/var/lib/courier(/.*)?/var/lib/courier-imap(/.*)?
courier_var_run_t/run/courier(/.*)?
root_t/sysroot/.aleph-version.json/sysroot/ostree/deploy/.*-atomic/deploy(/.*)?//initrd/var/lib/ntp
ποΈ FILE CONTEXTS ποΈ
SELinux requires files to have an extended attribute to define the file type.
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 courier_tcpd policy is very flexible, allowing users to set up their courier_tcpd processes in as secure a method as possible. π
π STANDARD FILE CONTEXT π
SELinux defines the file context types for the courier_tcpd. If you wanted to store files with these types in different paths, you need to execute the semanage command to specify alternate labeling and then use restorecon to put the labels on disk.
semanage fcontext -a -t courier_tcpd_exec_t '/srv/courier_tcpd/content(/.*)?'
restorecon -R -v /srv/mycourier_tcpd_content
Note: SELinux often uses regular expressions to specify labels that match multiple files.
The following file types are defined for courier_tcpd:
courier_tcpd_exec_tβ set files with thecourier_tcpd_exec_ttype if you want to transition an executable to thecourier_tcpd_tdomain.
Note: File context can be temporarily modified with thechconcommand. If you want to permanently change the file context, you need to use thesemanage fcontextcommand. This will modify the SELinux labeling database. You will need to userestoreconto apply the labels.
π οΈ COMMANDS π οΈ
semanage fcontext can also be used to manipulate default file context mappings.
semanage permissive can also be used to manipulate whether or not a process type is permissive.
semanage module can also be used to enable/disable/install/remove policy modules.
semanage boolean can also be used to manipulate the booleans.
system-config-selinux is a GUI tool available to customize SELinux policy settings.
π AUTHOR π
This manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage.
π SEE ALSO π
selinux(8)courier_tcpd(8)semanage(8)restorecon(8)chcon(1)sepolicy(8)setsebool(8)
thatβs the whole page, bestie π«Άπ it comes from source/version courier_tcpd, dated 26-10-06, and it lives at manual courier_tcpd_selinux(8). slay. π
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