httpd_selinux(8)

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💖 Bestie’s guide to httpd_selinux(8) 💖

✨ NAME ✨

httpd_selinux — Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the httpd processes

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so Security-Enhanced Linux secures the httpd processes via flexible mandatory access control. That’s the whole vibe.

The httpd processes execute with the httpd_t SELinux type. Wanna check if you’ve got these processes running? Execute the ps command with the -Z qualifier.

For example:

ps -eZ | grep httpd_t

🌸 ENTRYPOINTS 🌸

The httpd_t SELinux type can be entered via the httpd_exec_t file type.

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

/usr/bin/httpd(.worker)?, /usr/bin/apache(2)?, /usr/bin/httpd2-.*,
/usr/bin/apache-ssl(2)?, /usr/lib/apache-ssl/.+, /usr/bin/nginx,
/usr/bin/thttpd, /usr/bin/php-fpm, /usr/bin/cherokee, /usr/bin/lighttpd,
/usr/bin/apachectl, /usr/bin/httpd.event, /usr/bin/htcacheclean,
/usr/bin/httpd-worker, /usr/bin/httpd-prefork, /usr/bin/mongrel_rails

🎀 PROCESS TYPES 🎀

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 httpd policy is very flexible, allowing users to set up their httpd processes in as secure a method as possible.

The following process types are defined for httpd:

httpd_t, httpd_helper_t, httpd_php_t, httpd_rotatelogs_t, httpd_suexec_t, httpd_sys_script_t, httpd_user_script_t, httpd_passwd_t, httpd_unconfined_script_t
Note: semanage permissive -a httpd_t can be used to make the process type httpd_t permissive. SELinux does not deny access to permissive process types, but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are still generated.

💅 BOOLEANS 💅

SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required. The httpd policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that allow you to manipulate the policy and run httpd with the tightest access possible.

  • httpd_builtin_scripting — if you want to allow httpd to use built in scripting (usually php), you must turn this on. Enabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_builtin_scripting 1
  • httpd_can_check_spam — if you want to allow http daemon to check spam, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_can_check_spam 1
  • httpd_can_connect_ftp — if you want to allow httpd to act as a FTP client connecting to the ftp port and ephemeral ports, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_can_connect_ftp 1
  • httpd_can_connect_ldap — if you want to allow httpd to connect to the ldap port, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_can_connect_ldap 1
  • httpd_can_connect_mythtv — if you want to allow http daemon to connect to mythtv, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_can_connect_mythtv 1
  • httpd_can_connect_zabbix — if you want to allow http daemon to connect to zabbix, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_can_connect_zabbix 1
  • httpd_can_network_connect — if you want to allow HTTPD scripts and modules to connect to the network using TCP, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect 1
  • httpd_can_network_connect_cobbler — if you want to allow HTTPD scripts and modules to connect to cobbler over the network, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect_cobbler 1
  • httpd_can_network_connect_db — if you want to allow HTTPD scripts and modules to connect to databases over the network, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect_db 1
  • httpd_can_network_memcache — if you want to allow httpd to connect to memcache server, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_can_network_memcache 1
  • httpd_can_network_redis — if you want to allow httpd to connect to redis, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_can_network_redis 1
  • httpd_can_network_relay — if you want to allow httpd to act as a relay, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_can_network_relay 1
  • httpd_can_sendmail — if you want to allow http daemon to send mail, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_can_sendmail 1
  • httpd_dbus_avahi — if you want to allow Apache to communicate with avahi service via dbus, you must turn this on. Enabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_dbus_avahi 1
  • httpd_dbus_sssd — if you want to allow Apache to communicate with sssd service via dbus, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_dbus_sssd 1
  • httpd_dontaudit_search_dirs — if you want to dontaudit Apache to search dirs, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_dontaudit_search_dirs 1
  • httpd_enable_cgi — if you want to allow httpd cgi support, you must turn this on. Enabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_enable_cgi 1
  • httpd_enable_ftp_server — if you want to allow httpd to act as a FTP server by listening on the ftp port, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_enable_ftp_server 1
  • httpd_enable_homedirs — if you want to allow httpd to read home directories, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_enable_homedirs 1
  • httpd_execmem — if you want to allow httpd scripts and modules execmem/execstack, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_execmem 1
  • httpd_graceful_shutdown — if you want to allow HTTPD to connect to port 80 for graceful shutdown, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_graceful_shutdown 1
  • httpd_manage_ipa — if you want to allow httpd processes to manage IPA content, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_manage_ipa 1
  • httpd_mod_auth_ntlm_winbind — if you want to allow Apache to use mod_auth_ntlm_winbind, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_mod_auth_ntlm_winbind 1
  • httpd_mod_auth_pam — if you want to allow Apache to use mod_auth_pam, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_mod_auth_pam 1
  • httpd_read_user_content — if you want to allow httpd to read user content, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_read_user_content 1
  • httpd_run_preupgrade — if you want to allow Apache to run preupgrade, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_run_preupgrade 1
  • httpd_run_stickshift — if you want to allow Apache to run in stickshift mode, not transition to passenger, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_run_stickshift 1
  • httpd_serve_cobbler_files — if you want to allow HTTPD scripts and modules to server cobbler files, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_serve_cobbler_files 1
  • httpd_setrlimit — if you want to allow httpd daemon to change its resource limits, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_setrlimit 1
  • httpd_ssi_exec — if you want to allow HTTPD to run SSI executables in the same domain as system CGI scripts, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_ssi_exec 1
  • httpd_tmp_exec — if you want to allow Apache to execute tmp content, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_tmp_exec 1
  • httpd_tty_comm — if you want to unify HTTPD to communicate with the terminal. Needed for entering the passphrase for certificates at the terminal, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_tty_comm 1
  • httpd_unified — if you want to unify HTTPD handling of all content files, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_unified 1
  • httpd_use_cifs — if you want to allow httpd to access cifs file systems, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_use_cifs 1
  • httpd_use_fusefs — if you want to allow httpd to access FUSE file systems, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_use_fusefs 1
  • httpd_use_gpg — if you want to allow httpd to run gpg, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_use_gpg 1
  • httpd_use_nfs — if you want to allow httpd to access nfs file systems, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_use_nfs 1
  • httpd_use_opencryptoki — if you want to allow httpd to use opencryptoki, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_use_opencryptoki 1
  • httpd_use_openstack — if you want to allow httpd to access openstack ports, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_use_openstack 1
  • httpd_use_sasl — if you want to allow httpd to connect to sasl, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_use_sasl 1
  • httpd_verify_dns — if you want to allow Apache to query NS records, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P httpd_verify_dns 1
  • daemons_dontaudit_scheduling — if you want to dontaudit all daemons scheduling requests (setsched, sys_nice), you must turn this on. Enabled by default. setsebool -P daemons_dontaudit_scheduling 1
  • deny_ptrace — if you want to deny any process from ptracing or debugging any other processes, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P deny_ptrace 1
  • fips_mode — if you want to allow all domains to execute in fips_mode, you must turn this on. Enabled by default. setsebool -P fips_mode 1
  • git_system_use_cifs — if you want to determine whether Git system daemon can access cifs file systems, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P git_system_use_cifs 1
  • git_system_use_nfs — if you want to determine whether Git system daemon can access nfs file systems, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P git_system_use_nfs 1
  • kerberos_enabled — if you want to allow confined applications to run with kerberos, you must turn this on. Enabled by default. setsebool -P kerberos_enabled 1
  • nis_enabled — if you want to allow system to run with NIS, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P nis_enabled 1
  • use_nfs_home_dirs — if you want to support NFS home directories, you must turn this on. Enabled by default. setsebool -P use_nfs_home_dirs 1
  • use_samba_home_dirs — if you want to support SAMBA home directories, you must turn this on. Disabled by default. setsebool -P use_samba_home_dirs 1

✨ NSSWITCH DOMAIN ✨

okay so listen 💖 — if you want your httpd_t peeps to resolve user passwd entries directly from ldap instead of going through a sssd server, you gotta flip on the authlogin_nsswitch_use_ldap boolean. no cap.

setsebool -P authlogin_nsswitch_use_ldap 1

and if you want confined apps to run with kerberos for httpd_t? that's the kerberos_enabled boolean, bestie:

setsebool -P kerberos_enabled 1

🔥 PORT TYPES 🔥

so SELinux defines port types to represent TCP and UDP ports, periodt. you can peek at the types chillin' with a port by running:

semanage port -l

policy governs the access confined processes have to these ports, and ngl SELinux httpd policy is very flexible — it lets users set up their httpd processes in as secure a method as possible. iconic behavior honestly 👑

the following port types are defined for httpd:

http_cache_port_t

Default Defined Ports:

tcp 8080,8118,8123,10001-10010
udp 3130

http_port_t

Default Defined Ports:

tcp 80,81,443,488,8008,8009,8443,9000
udp 80,443

🎀 MANAGED FILES 🎀

so the SELinux process type httpd_t can manage files labeled with the following file types. the paths listed are the default paths for these file types. heads up though — the processes UID still need to have DAC permissions, so don't come for me if it's not working 🙈

abrt_retrace_spool_t

/var/spool/faf(/.*)?
/var/spool/abrt-retrace(/.*)?
/var/spool/retrace-server(/.*)?

cifs_t

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

cobbler_var_lib_t

/var/lib/cobbler(/.*)?
/var/www/cobbler(/.*)?
/var/cache/cobbler(/.*)?
/var/lib/tftpboot/etc(/.*)?
/var/lib/tftpboot/ppc(/.*)?
/var/lib/tftpboot/boot(/.*)?
/var/lib/tftpboot/grub(/.*)?
/var/lib/tftpboot/s390x(/.*)?
/var/lib/tftpboot/images(/.*)?
/var/lib/tftpboot/aarch64(/.*)?
/var/lib/tftpboot/images2(/.*)?
/var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg(/.*)?
/var/lib/tftpboot/yaboot
/var/lib/tftpboot/memdisk
/var/lib/tftpboot/menu.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.0

fusefs_t

/run/user/[0-9]+/gvfs

httpd_cache_t

/var/cache/rt(3|4)(/.*)?
/var/cache/ssl.*.sem
/var/cache/mod_.*
/var/cache/php-.*
/var/cache/httpd(/.*)?
/var/cache/mason(/.*)?
/var/cache/nginx(/.*)?
/var/cache/mod_ssl(/.*)?
/var/cache/lighttpd(/.*)?
/var/cache/mediawiki(/.*)?
/var/cache/mod_proxy(/.*)?
/var/cache/mod_gnutls(/.*)?
/var/cache/php-mmcache(/.*)?
/var/cache/php-eaccelerator(/.*)?

httpd_lock_t

httpd_squirrelmail_t

/var/lib/squirrelmail/prefs(/.*)?

httpd_tmp_t

/run/user/apache(/.*)?
/var/www/openshift/console/tmp(/.*)?

httpd_tmpfs_t

httpd_user_rw_content_t

httpd_var_lib_t

/var/lib/rt(3|4)/data/RT-Shredder(/.*)?
/var/lib/dav(/.*)?
/var/lib/php[0-9]*(/.*)?
/var/lib/glpi(/.*)?
/var/lib/httpd(/.*)?
/var/lib/nginx(/.*)?
/var/lib/z-push(/.*)?
/var/lib/ganglia(/.*)?
/var/lib/ipsilon(/.*)?
/var/lib/cherokee(/.*)?
/var/lib/lighttpd(/.*)?
/var/lib/mod_security(/.*)?
/var/lib/roundcubemail(/.*)?
/var/opt/rh/rh-nginx18/lib/nginx(/.*)?

httpd_var_run_t

/run/mod_.*
/run/wsgi.*
/run/httpd.*
/run/nginx.*
/run/apache.*
/run/php-fpm(/.*)?
/run/fcgiwrap(/.*)?
/run/lighttpd(/.*)?
/var/lib/php/session(/.*)?
/run/dirsrv/admin-serv.*
/var/lib/php/wsdlcache(/.*)?
/var/opt/rh/rh-nginx18/run/nginx(/.*)?
/var/www/openshift/broker/httpd/run(/.*)?
/var/www/openshift/console/httpd/run(/.*)?
/opt/dirsrv/var/run/dirsrv/dsgw/cookies(/.*)?
/run/thttpd.pid
/run/gcache_port
/run/cherokee.pid

httpdcontent

hugetlbfs_t

/dev/hugepages
/usr/lib/udev/devices/hugepages

jetty_cache_t

/var/cache/jetty(/.*)?

jetty_log_t

/var/log/jetty(/.*)?

jetty_tmp_t

jetty_unit_file_t

/usr/lib/systemd/system/jetty.service

jetty_var_lib_t

/var/lib/jetty(/.*)?

jetty_var_run_t

/run/jetty(/.*)?

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

memcached_var_run_t

/run/memcached(/.*)?
/run/ipa_memcached(/.*)?

named_cache_t

/var/lib/softhsm(/.*)?
/var/lib/unbound(/.*)?
/var/lib/named/data(/.*)?
/var/lib/named/slaves(/.*)?
/var/lib/named/dynamic(/.*)?
/var/lib/named/chroot/var/tmp(/.*)?
/var/lib/named/chroot/var/named/data(/.*)?
/var/lib/named/chroot/var/named/slaves(/.*)?
/var/lib/named/chroot/var/named/dynamic(/.*)?

nfs_t

passenger_tmp_t

passenger_var_lib_t

/var/lib/passenger(/.*)?

passenger_var_run_t

/run/passenger(/.*)?

pkcs_slotd_lock_t

/run/lock/opencryptoki(/.*)?

pkcs_slotd_tmpfs_t

/dev/shm/var.lib.opencryptoki.*

pkcs_slotd_var_lib_t

/var/lib/opencryptoki(/.*)?

pki_apache_config

pki_apache_var_lib

pki_apache_var_log

postfix_spool_t

/var/spool/postfix.*
/var/spool/postfix/defer(/.*)?
/var/spool/postfix/flush(/.*)?
/var/spool/postfix/deferred(/.*)?
/var/spool/postfix/maildrop(/.*)?

preupgrade_data_t

/var/lib/preupgrade(/.*)?
/var/log/preupgrade(/.*)?

root_t

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

security_t

/selinux

squirrelmail_spool_t

/var/spool/squirrelmail(/.*)?

systemd_passwd_var_run_t

/run/systemd/ask-password(/.*)?
/run/systemd/ask-password-block(/.*)?

zarafa_var_lib_t

/var/lib/zarafa(/.*)?
/var/lib/zarafa-webapp(/.*)?
/var/lib/zarafa-webaccess(/.*)?

zoneminder_var_lib_t

/var/lib/zoneminder(/.*)?

🌸 FILE CONTEXTS 🌸

SELinux requires files to have an extended attribute to define the file type. yes, literally every file needs a lil label 🏷️

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

policy governs the access confined processes have to these files, and SELinux httpd policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their httpd processes in as secure a method as possible. we love a flexible icon 💅

🦋 EQUIVALENCE DIRECTORIES 🦋

httpd policy stores data with multiple different file context types under the /var/lib/httpd directory. if you'd like to store the data in a different directory you can use the semanage command to create an equivalence mapping. if you wanted to store this data under the /srv directory you'd execute the following command:

semanage fcontext -a -e /var/lib/httpd /srv/httpd
restorecon -R -v /srv/httpd

httpd policy stores data with multiple different file context types under the /var/log/php-fpm directory. want it in a different directory? same deal, use semanage to create an equivalence mapping. if you wanted to store this data under the /srv directory you'd run:

semanage fcontext -a -e /var/log/php-fpm /srv/php-fpm
restorecon -R -v /srv/php-fpm

httpd policy stores data with multiple different file context types under the /var/www directory. relocating again? you already know — semanage + equivalence mapping. storing under /srv looks like:

semanage fcontext -a -e /var/www /srv/www
restorecon -R -v /srv/www

⭐ STANDARD FILE CONTEXT ⭐

SELinux defines the file context types for the httpd, so 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. like so:

semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_exec_t '/srv/httpd/content(/.*)?'
restorecon -R -v /srv/myhttpd_content
Note: SELinux often uses regular expressions to specify labels that match multiple files. 🧚

the following file types are defined for httpd:

httpd_cache_t

  • Set files with the httpd_cache_t type, if you want to store the files under the /var/cache directory.

Paths:

/var/cache/rt(3|4)(/.*)?, /var/cache/ssl.*.sem, /var/cache/mod_.*,
/var/cache/php-.*, /var/cache/httpd(/.*)?, /var/cache/mason(/.*)?,
/var/cache/nginx(/.*)?, /var/cache/mod_ssl(/.*)?,
/var/cache/lighttpd(/.*)?, /var/cache/mediawiki(/.*)?,
/var/cache/mod_proxy(/.*)?, /var/cache/mod_gnutls(/.*)?,
/var/cache/php-mmcache(/.*)?, /var/cache/php-eaccelerator(/.*)?

httpd_config_t

  • Set files with the httpd_config_t type, if you want to treat the files as httpd configuration data, usually stored under the /etc directory.

Paths:

/etc/httpd(/.*)?, /etc/nginx(/.*)?, /etc/apache(2)?(/.*)?,
/etc/cherokee(/.*)?, /etc/lighttpd(/.*)?, /etc/apache-ssl(2)?(/.*)?,
/var/lib/openshift/.httpd.d(/.*)?, /etc/opt/rh/rh-nginx18/nginx(/.*)?,
/var/lib/stickshift/.httpd.d(/.*)?, /etc/vhosts, /etc/thttpd.conf

httpd_exec_t

  • Set files with the httpd_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the httpd_t domain.

Paths:

/usr/bin/httpd(.worker)?, /usr/bin/apache(2)?, /usr/bin/httpd2-.*,
/usr/bin/apache-ssl(2)?, /usr/lib/apache-ssl/.+, /usr/bin/nginx,
/usr/bin/thttpd, /usr/bin/php-fpm, /usr/bin/cherokee,
/usr/bin/lighttpd, /usr/bin/apachectl, /usr/bin/httpd.event,
/usr/bin/htcacheclean, /usr/bin/httpd-worker, /usr/bin/httpd-prefork,
/usr/bin/mongrel_rails

httpd_helper_exec_t

httpd_helper_exec_t

  • slap this type on files with the httpd_helper_exec_t type if you want to transition an executable to the httpd_helper_t domain. ✨

httpd_initrc_exec_t

  • set files with the httpd_initrc_exec_t type if you want to transition an executable to the httpd_initrc_t domain — init script vibes fr.

Paths:

/etc/init.d/cherokee, /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd,
/usr/bin/start_apache2, /etc/rc.d/init.d/lighttpd

httpd_keytab_t

  • set files with the httpd_keytab_t type if you want to treat the files as kerberos keytab files. 🎀

httpd_lock_t

  • set files with the httpd_lock_t type if you want to treat the files as httpd lock data, stored under the /var/lock directory.

httpd_log_t

  • set files with the httpd_log_t type if you want to treat the data as httpd log data, usually stored under the /var/log directory. the way this list is LONG — iconic honestly 💅

Paths:

/srv/([^/]*/)?www/logs(/.*)?, /var/www(/.*)?/logs(/.*)?,
/var/log/glpi(/.*)?, /var/log/cacti(/.*)?, /var/log/httpd(/.*)?,
/var/log/nginx(/.*)?, /var/log/apache(2)?(/.*)?, /var/log/php-fpm.log,
/var/log/horizon(/.*)?, /var/log/php-fpm(/.*)?,
/var/log/cherokee(/.*)?, /var/log/lighttpd(/.*)?,
/var/log/suphp.log.*, /var/log/thttpd.log.*, /var/log/apache-ssl(2)?(/.*)?,
/var/log/cgiwrap.log.*,
/var/www/stickshift/[^/]*/log(/.*)?, /var/log/graphite-web(/.*)?,
/var/www/miq/vmdb/log(/.*)?, /var/log/roundcubemail(/.*)?,
/var/log/php_errors.log.*, /var/log/dirsrv/admin-serv(/.*)?,
/var/opt/rh/rh-nginx18/log(/.*)?,
/var/lib/openshift/.log/httpd(/.*)?,
/var/www/openshift/console/log(/.*)?,
/var/www/openshift/broker/httpd/logs(/.*)?,
/var/www/openshift/console/httpd/logs(/.*)?

httpd_modules_t

  • set files with the httpd_modules_t type if you want to treat the files as httpd modules. 🔥

Paths:

/usr/lib/httpd(/.*)?, /usr/lib/apache(/.*)?,
/usr/lib/cherokee(/.*)?, /usr/lib/lighttpd(/.*)?,
/usr/lib/apache2/modules(/.*)?

httpd_passwd_exec_t

  • set files with the httpd_passwd_exec_t type if you want to transition an executable to the httpd_passwd_t domain.

httpd_php_exec_t

  • set files with the httpd_php_exec_t type if you want to transition an executable to the httpd_php_t domain. 🐘

httpd_php_tmp_t

  • set files with the httpd_php_tmp_t type if you want to store httpd php temporary files in the /tmp directories.

httpd_rotatelogs_exec_t

  • set files with the httpd_rotatelogs_exec_t type if you want to transition an executable to the httpd_rotatelogs_t domain.

httpd_squirrelmail_t

  • set files with the httpd_squirrelmail_t type if you want to treat the files as httpd squirrelmail data. 🐿️

httpd_suexec_exec_t

  • set files with the httpd_suexec_exec_t type if you want to transition an executable to the httpd_suexec_t domain.

Paths:

/usr/lib/apache(2)?/suexec(2)?, /usr/lib/cgi-bin/(nph-)?cgiwrap(d)?, /usr/bin/suexec

httpd_suexec_tmp_t

  • set files with the httpd_suexec_tmp_t type if you want to store httpd suexec temporary files in the /tmp directories.

httpd_sys_content_t

  • set files with the httpd_sys_content_t type if you want to treat the files as httpd sys content. this is like, the classic one bestie 💖

Paths:

/srv/([^/]*/)?www(/.*)?, /var/www(/.*)?, /etc/htdig(/.*)?,
/srv/gallery2(/.*)?, /var/lib/trac(/.*)?, /var/lib/htdig(/.*)?,
/var/www/icons(/.*)?, /usr/share/glpi(/.*)?,
/usr/share/htdig(/.*)?, /usr/share/drupal.*, /usr/share/z-push(/.*)?,
/var/www/svn/conf(/.*)?, /usr/share/icecast(/.*)?,
/var/lib/cacti/rra(/.*)?, /usr/share/ntop/html(/.*)?,
/usr/share/nginx/html(/.*)?, /usr/share/doc/ghc/html(/.*)?,
/usr/share/openca/htdocs(/.*)?, /usr/share/selinux-policy[^/]*/html(/.*)?

httpd_sys_htaccess_t

  • set files with the httpd_sys_htaccess_t type if you want to treat the file as a httpd sys access file.

httpd_sys_ra_content_t

  • set files with the httpd_sys_ra_content_t type if you want to treat the files as httpd sys read/append content.

httpd_sys_rw_content_t

  • set files with the httpd_sys_rw_content_t type if you want to treat the files as httpd sys read/write content. the read/write girlies, we love you 🫶

Paths:

/etc/rt(/.*)?, /etc/glpi(/.*)?, /etc/horde(/.*)?, /etc/drupal.*,
/etc/z-push(/.*)?, /var/lib/svn(/.*)?, /var/www/svn(/.*)?,
/etc/owncloud(/.*)?, /var/www/html(/.*)?/uploads(/.*)?,
/var/www/html(/.*)?/wp-content(/.*)?,
/var/www/html(/.*)?/wp_backups(/.*)?,
/var/www/html(/.*)?/sites/default/files(/.*)?,
/var/www/html(/.*)?/sites/default/settings.php,
/etc/mock/koji(/.*)?, /etc/nextcloud(/.*)?, /var/lib/drupal.*,
/etc/zabbix/web(/.*)?, /var/lib/moodle(/.*)?, /var/log/z-push(/.*)?,
/var/spool/gosa(/.*)?, /etc/WebCalendar(/.*)?,
/usr/share/joomla(/.*)?, /var/lib/dokuwiki(/.*)?,
/var/lib/httpd/md(/.*)?, /var/lib/owncloud(/.*)?,
/var/spool/viewvc(/.*)?, /var/lib/nextcloud(/.*)?,
/var/lib/pootle/po(/.*)?, /var/lib/phpMyAdmin(/.*)?,
/var/www/moodledata(/.*)?, /srv/gallery2/smarty(/.*)?,
/var/www/moodle/data(/.*)?, /var/lib/graphite-web(/.*)?,
/var/log/shibboleth-www(/.*)?, /var/www/gallery/albums(/.*)?,
/var/www/html/owncloud/data(/.*)?,
/var/www/html/nextcloud/apps(/.*)?,
/var/www/html/nextcloud/data(/.*)?,
/var/www/html/nextcloud/config(/.*)?, /usr/share/wordpress-mu/wp-content(/.*)?,
/usr/share/wordpress/wp-content/upgrade(/.*)?,
/usr/share/wordpress/wp-content/uploads(/.*)?,
/var/www/html/configuration.php

httpd_sys_script_exec_t

  • set files with the httpd_sys_script_exec_t type if you want to transition an executable to the httpd_sys_script_t domain.

Paths:

/opt/.*.cgi, /usr/.*.cgi, /var/www/[^/]*/cgi-bin(/.*)?,
/var/www/perl(/.*)?, /var/www/html/[^/]*/cgi-bin(/.*)?,
/usr/lib/cgi-bin(/.*)?, /var/www/cgi-bin(/.*)?,
/var/www/svn/hooks(/.*)?, /usr/share/wordpress/.*.php,
/usr/local/nagios/sbin(/.*)?, /usr/share/wordpress/wp-includes/.*.php,
/usr/share/wordpress-mu/wp-config.php

httpd_tmp_t

  • set files with the httpd_tmp_t type if you want to store httpd temporary files in the /tmp directories.

Paths:

/run/user/apache(/.*)?, /var/www/openshift/console/tmp(/.*)?

httpd_tmpfs_t

  • set files with the httpd_tmpfs_t type if you want to store httpd files on a tmpfs file system. 🧚

httpd_unconfined_script_exec_t

  • set files with the httpd_unconfined_script_exec_t type if you want to transition an executable to the httpd_unconfined_script_t domain. unconfined? main character energy ngl 💀

httpd_unit_file_t

  • set files with the httpd_unit_file_t type if you want to treat the files as httpd unit content.

Paths:

/usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.*, /usr/lib/systemd/system/nginx.*,
/usr/lib/systemd/system/thttpd.*, /usr/lib/systemd/system/php-fpm.*

httpd_user_content_t

  • set files with the httpd_user_content_t type if you want to treat the files as httpd user content.

httpd_user_htaccess_t

  • set files with the httpd_user_htaccess_t type if you want to treat the file as a httpd user access file.

httpd_user_ra_content_t

  • set files with the httpd_user_ra_content_t type if you want to treat the files as httpd user read/append content.

httpd_user_rw_content_t

  • set files with the httpd_user_rw_content_t type if you want to treat the files as httpd user read/write content.

httpd_user_script_exec_t

  • set files with the httpd_user_script_exec_t type if you want to transition an executable to the httpd_user_script_t domain.

httpd_var_lib_t

  • set files with the httpd_var_lib_t type if you want to store the httpd files under the /var/lib directory. ✨

Paths:

/var/lib/rt(3|4)/data/RT-Shredder(/.*)?, /var/lib/dav(/.*)?,
/var/lib/php[0-9]*(/.*)?, /var/lib/glpi(/.*)?,
/var/lib/httpd(/.*)?, /var/lib/nginx(/.*)?, /var/lib/z-push(/.*)?,
/var/lib/ganglia(/.*)?, /var/lib/ipsilon(/.*)?,
/var/lib/cherokee(/.*)?, /var/lib/lighttpd(/.*)?,
/var/lib/mod_security(/.*)?, /var/lib/roundcubemail(/.*)?,
/var/opt/rh/rh-nginx18/lib/nginx(/.*)?

httpd_var_run_t

  • set files with the httpd_var_run_t type if you want to store the httpd files under the /run or /var/run directory.

Paths:

/run/mod_.*, /run/wsgi.*, /run/httpd.*, /run/nginx.*,
/run/apache.*, /run/php-fpm(/.*)?, /run/fcgiwrap(/.*)?,
/run/lighttpd(/.*)?, /var/lib/php/session(/.*)?, /run/dirsrv/admin-serv.*,
/var/lib/php/wsdlcache(/.*)?, /var/opt/rh/rh-nginx18/run/nginx(/.*)?,
/var/www/openshift/broker/httpd/run(/.*)?,
/var/www/openshift/console/httpd/run(/.*)?,
/opt/dirsrv/var/run/dirsrv/dsgw/cookies(/.*)?, /run/thttpd.pid,
/run/gcache_port, /run/cherokee.pid
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. no cap — chcon is the temporary girlie, semanage fcontext is the forever one 💅

🌈 SHARING FILES 🌈

If you want to share files with multiple domains (Apache, FTP, rsync, Samba), you can set a file context of public_content_t and public_content_rw_t. These context allow any of the above domains to read the content. If you want a particular domain to write to the public_content_rw_t domain, you must set the appropriate boolean. 🫶

Allow httpd servers to read the /var/httpd directory by adding the public_content_t file type to the directory and by restoring the file type.

semanage fcontext -a -t public_content_t "/var/httpd(/.*)?"
restorecon -F -R -v /var/httpd

Allow httpd servers to read and write /var/httpd/incoming by adding the public_content_rw_t type to the directory and by restoring the file type. You also need to turn on the httpd_anon_write boolean.

semanage fcontext -a -t public_content_rw_t "/var/httpd/incoming(/.*)?"
restorecon -F -R -v /var/httpd/incoming
setsebool -P httpd_anon_write 1

If you want to allow Apache to modify public files used for public file transfer services. Directories/Files must be labeled public_content_rw_t., you must turn on the httpd_anon_write boolean.

setsebool -P httpd_anon_write 1

🛠️ COMMANDS 🛠️

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 port can also be used to manipulate the port definitions

semanage boolean can also be used to manipulate the booleans

system-config-selinux is a GUI tool available to customize SELinux policy settings. point and click era 🖱️✨

👑 AUTHOR 👑

This manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage .

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

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and that’s a wrap, bestie 🫶 this page is httpd_selinux(8), from the httpd set, dated 26-10-06 — you literally ate that whole manual up 💖✨

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