man2html...t_selinux(8)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, this page is officially called man2html...t_selinux(8) (yes the truncation is real, that's the SELinux Policy manpage for the man2html_script package) and it's literally all about man2html_script_selinux — the Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the man2html_script processes 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Security-Enhanced Linux secures the man2html_script processes via flexible mandatory access control. that's the whole vibe — SELinux is the bouncer and it checks everybody's ID 🎀

The man2html_script processes execute with the man2html_script_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 man2html_script_t

fr fr run that if you're ever like "wait is this thing even here" 👀

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🦋 ENTRYPOINTS 🦋

The man2html_script_t SELinux type can be entered via the man2html_script_exec_t file type. it's giving "one door, one key" ✨

The default entrypoint paths for the man2html_script_t domain are the following:

/usr/lib/man2html/cgi-bin/man/mansec
/usr/lib/man2html/cgi-bin/man/man2html
/usr/lib/man2html/cgi-bin/man/manwhatis

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👑 PROCESS TYPES 👑

SELinux defines process types (domains) for each process running on the system. every process gets its own little domain, main character energy for everyone 💖

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

Policy governs the access confined processes have to files. SELinux man2html_script policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their man2html_script processes in as secure a method as possible.

The following process types are defined for man2html_script:

• man2html_script_t

Note: semanage permissive -a man2html_script_t can be used to make the process type man2html_script_t permissive. SELinux does not deny access to permissive process types, but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are still generated. so like… it stops saying no, but it still writes down that it would have said no 🙈

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🔥 BOOLEANS 🔥

SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required. man2html_script policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that allow you to manipulate the policy and run man2html_script with the tightest access possible. no cap, the whole point is giving only the access you actually need 🫶

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 httpd cgi support, you must turn on the httpd_enable_cgi boolean. Enabled by default.

setsebool -P httpd_enable_cgi 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

bestie note the defaults ok — the first two are already on, the NIS one is off until you say otherwise ✨

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🎀 MANAGED FILES 🎀

The SELinux process type man2html_script_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. (SELinux is not out here overriding normal permissions, it's just an extra layer, iykyk 💅)

• man2html_rw_content_t
  • /var/cache/man2html(/.*)?

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🌈 FILE CONTEXTS 🌈

SELinux requires files to have an extended attribute to define the file type. every file's gotta carry its little label around, iconic honestly 💖

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 man2html_script policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their man2html_script processes in as secure a method as possible.

⭐ STANDARD FILE CONTEXT ⭐

SELinux defines the file context types for the man2html_script, 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.

semanage fcontext -a -t man2html_script_exec_t '/srv/man2html_script/content(/.*)?'
restorecon -R -v /srv/myman2html_script_content

Note: SELinux often uses regular expressions to specify labels that match multiple files. regex my beloved 🧚

The following file types are defined for man2html_script:

• man2html_script_exec_t
  • Set files with the man2html_script_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the man2html_script_t domain.

Paths:

/usr/lib/man2html/cgi-bin/man/mansec
/usr/lib/man2html/cgi-bin/man/man2html
/usr/lib/man2html/cgi-bin/man/manwhatis

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 = temporary lil vibe, semanage fcontext = the real permanent slay, and restorecon is the one that actually applies it 😭 don't skip that last step bestie

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💜 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 boolean can also be used to manipulate the booleans.

system-config-selinux is a GUI tool available to customize SELinux policy settings. yes a whole GUI, for when the terminal is doing too much 🎀

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🌸 AUTHOR 🌸

This manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage. (a bot wrote it, but it ate, honestly 🤖✨)

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

selinux(8), man2html_script(8), semanage(8), restorecon(8), chcon(1), sepolicy(8), setsebool(8)

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and that's the whole page bestie 💖 this man2html_script rendition of the man2html...t_selinux(8) page is dated 26-10-06 — go forth and label responsibly, mwah 🫶🌸