kerberos_selinux(8)

💖 kerberos_selinux — the Selinux Policy documentation for kerberos, bestie 💖

okay so real talk, this is the kerberos_selinux(8) manual page and it's literally all about how SELinux (Security-Enhanced Linux, the bodyguard of your system) handles Kerberos. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

kerberos_selinux — Security Enhanced Linux Policy for Kerberos. that's the whole vibe. short, sweet, iconic. 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so like, Security-Enhanced Linux secures your system via flexible mandatory access control. yes bestie, mandatory. not the "please don't" kind of access control, the "you literally cannot" kind. 🫶

the SELinux policy can be configured to deny Kerberos access to confined applications, because Kerberos requires daemons to be allowed greater access to certain secure files and additional access to the network. it's giving main character energy and honestly? it needs the permissions to match. ✨

🎀 BOOLEANS 🎀

okay this part is the important part, do not scroll past it. 👑

you must set the allow_kerberos boolean to allow your system to work properly in a Kerberos environment. like, must must. no cap.

setsebool -P allow_kerberos 1

🔥 the -P matters, it makes the change persistent so it survives a reboot. otherwise your booleans ghost you the second you restart. 😭

also!! system-config-selinux is a GUI tool available to customize SELinux policy settings. yes, a whole graphical interface, for when you want to click instead of type. slay. 🖱️💖

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this manual page was written by Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>. legend behaviour fr fr. 🫡

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read these next, bestie, they're all part of the same friend group:

• selinux(8)
• kerberos(1)
• chcon(1)
• setsebool(8)

and that's the whole page!! 🦋 written by dwalsh@redhat.com, dated 17 Jan 2005, living under the manual name kerberos_selinux(8) forever and ever. periodt. 💜✨🎀