netlabel-config(8)

✨ netlabel-config ✨

ok so bestie, we're in section 8 of the NetLabel Documentation and this little cutie is called netlabel-config — the NetLabel configuration utility 🎀

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💖 NAME 💖

netlabel-config — NetLabel configuration utility. that's it, that's the name, short and iconic 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

netlabel-config reset| load

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea ☕ the NetLabel configuration utility, netlabel-config, is a script — yes, a script, we love a script — and it exists to make life easier for system administrators who wanna create, manage, and use complex NetLabel configurations. main character energy fr fr 💖

the way it works is: the netlabel-config script uses the netlabelctl(8) tool and the /etc/netlabel.rules configuration file to load a saved NetLabel configuration into the kernel, and also to reset the kernel's NetLabel configuration back to the default state whenever that's needed. like a lil reset button but make it NetLabel 🌈

• reset — Removes any NetLabel configuration loaded into the kernel and resets the kernel's NetLabel state to the default. it's giving "factory reset but for your NetLabel vibes" 💀
• load — Loads the NetLabel configuration specified by /etc/netlabel.rules into the kernel. read the rules file, push the rules, slay ✨

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👑 EXIT STATUS 👑

Returns zero on success, errno values on failure. so like, 0 = we ate 🍓, anything else = errno said no 🙈

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🧚 NOTES 🧚

okay important lore drop, no cap:

• The NetLabel subsystem is supported on Linux Kernels version 2.6.19 and later.
• The static, or fallback, labels are only supported on Linux Kernels version 2.6.25 and later.
• The domain mapping address selectors are only supported on Linux Kernels 2.6.28 and later.
• and CALIPSO/RFC5570 is only supported on Linux Kernels 4.8.0 and later.

so like, check your kernel bestie. older kernel = some of these features literally do not exist for you and that's just the situation 😭

The NetLabel project site, with more information including the source code repository, can be found at https://github.com/netlabel. Please report any bugs at the project site or directly to the author. bug reports are a love language 🫶

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>

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🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

• netlabelctl(8)

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ok that's the whole page, you're so welcome 💖 this was written by paul@paul-moore.com, dated 31 May 2013, and it's the netlabel-config(8) page — go forth and configure those labels, bestie, you got this 🌸✨💅