mcstransd(8)

💖 mcstransd — bestie's guide to the MCS daemon 💖

okay so this is the manual page for mcstransd, the MCS (Multiple Category System) daemon, and its whole thing is translating SELinux MCS/MLS labels into something a human can actually read. it's giving translator-girlie energy fr fr 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

mcstransd [-f] [-h]

that's it. two flags. she's lowkey simple like that 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so this manual page describes the mcstransd program, and ngl it's kinda iconic.

this daemon reads the /etc/selinux/{SELINUXTYPE}/setrans.conf configuration file, and then it talks to libselinux via a socket in /var/run/setrans. that's the whole vibe — she reads the config, she chats over the socket, everybody eats 🫶

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -f — run mcstransd in the foreground. do not run as a daemon. she stays right there in front of you, main character style 👑
• -h — output a short summary of the available command line options. it's the "hey bestie what can u do" flag 🥰

💜 AUTHOR 💜

this man page was written by Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>. the program was originally written by Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com> too (he said "i got this" twice, respect). and then the program was enhanced/rewritten by Joe Nall <joe@nall.com> — glow-up arc complete ✨

📁 FILES 📁

• /etc/selinux/{SELINUXTYPE}/setrans.conf

the one file. the blueprint. the blueprint that she reads. 🍓

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• setrans.conf(5)
• mcs(8)

go read those next, no cap 🧚

and that's the whole page bestie!! 🎉 this was written by <dwalsh@redhat.com> and dated 16 Oct 2009 (vintage queen, she's been serving since 2009 💀💖), all for the mcstransd(8) manual. periodt. 🌟