rshd_selinux(8)

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💖 rshd_selinux — like, the whole vibe 💖

okay bestie, buckle up: this is the manual page for rshd_selinux(8), and it's literally all about the SELinux policy for the rshd processes. no cap, it's giving security✨ and it's honestly not as scary as it sounds. let's go 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

rshd_selinux — Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the rshd processes 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Security-Enhanced Linux secures the rshd processes via flexible mandatory access control. yes, mandatory — like your mom making you text when you get home, except it's the kernel and it does NOT take no for an answer 💀

The rshd processes execute with the rshd_t SELinux type. you can check if you've got these processes running by executing the ps command with the -Z qualifier. so easy, so iconic 🎀

For example:

ps -eZ | grep rshd_t

🦋 ENTRYPOINTS 🦋

The rshd_t SELinux type can be entered via the rshd_exec_t file type. that's the door, bestie 🚪✨

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

/usr/bin/in.rshd, /usr/bin/in.rexecd, /usr/kerberos/sbin/kshd

👑 PROCESS TYPES 👑

SELinux defines process types (domains) for each process running on the system. main character energy for every single process, honestly 🌈

You can see the context of a process using the -Z option to ps. yes the same -Z as before, she's consistent like that 💅

Policy governs the access confined processes have to files. SELinux rshd policy is very flexible, allowing users to setup their rshd processes in as secure a method as possible. flexible and secure? we love a multitasker 💖

The following process types are defined for rshd:

  • rshd_t
Note: semanage permissive -a rshd_t can be used to make the process type rshd_t permissive. SELinux does not deny access to permissive process types, but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are still generated. so like, it won't block you anymore, but it WILL still be watching and taking notes 👀📝

🍓 BOOLEANS 🍓

SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required. rshd policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that allow you to manipulate the policy and run rshd with the tightest access possible. tightest access = smallest purse, most locked down, we stan 💜

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 confined applications to run with kerberos, you must turn on the kerberos_enabled boolean. Enabled by default. ✅

setsebool -P kerberos_enabled 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

If you want to enable polyinstantiated directory support, you must turn on the polyinstantiation_enabled boolean. Disabled by default. 🙈

setsebool -P polyinstantiation_enabled 1

🌈 PORT TYPES 🌈

SELinux defines port types to represent TCP and UDP ports. cute little named doors, honestly 🚪

You can see the types associated with a port by using the following command:

semanage port -l

Policy governs the access confined processes have to these ports. SELinux rshd policy is very flexible, allowing users to setup their rshd processes in as secure a method as possible. (yes she said it again — she means it 💅)

The following port types are defined for rshd:

  • rsh_port_t

Default Defined Ports:

          tcp 514

🧚 MANAGED FILES 🧚

The SELinux process type rshd_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. like, SELinux is not doing everything for you, bestie, you still gotta have the regular perms too 😭

auth_cache_t

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

auth_home_t

/root/.yubico(/.*)?
/root/.config/Yubico(/.*)?
/root/.google_authenticator
/root/.google_authenticator~
/home/[^/]+/.yubico(/.*)?
/home/[^/]+/.config/Yubico(/.*)?
/home/[^/]+/.google_authenticator
/home/[^/]+/.google_authenticator~

faillog_t

/var/log/btmp.*
/run/faillock(/.*)?
/var/log/faillog.*
/var/log/tallylog.*

initrc_var_run_t

/run/sysconfig(/.*)?
/run/utmp
/run/keymap
/run/numlock-on
/run/setleds-on
/run/runlevel.dir
/run/setmixer_flag
/run/bootsplashctl

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

pam_var_run_t

/var/(db|adm)/sudo(/.*)?
/run/sudo(/.*)?
/run/pam_ssh(/.*)?
/run/sepermit(/.*)?
/var/lib/sudo(/.*)?
/run/pam_mount(/.*)?
/run/pam_timestamp(/.*)?

security_t

/selinux

user_tmp_t

/run/tlog(/.*)?
/run/user/[^/]+
/dev/shm/mono.*
/tmp/.ICE-unix(/.*)?
/tmp/.X11-unix(/.*)?
/dev/shm/pulse-shm.*
/run/user
/tmp/.X0-lock
/tmp/hsperfdata_root
/var/tmp/hsperfdata_root
/home/[^/]+/tmp
/home/[^/]+/.tmp
/run/user/[0-9]+
/tmp/gconfd-[^/]+

user_tmp_type

all user tmp files 🗂️ (yes, all of them, she said what she said)

var_auth_t

/var/ace(/.*)?
/var/rsa(/.*)?
/var/lib/abl(/.*)?
/var/lib/rsa(/.*)?
/var/lib/pam_ssh(/.*)?
/var/lib/pam_shield(/.*)?
/var/opt/quest/vas/vasd(/.*)?
/var/lib/google-authenticator(/.*)?

wtmpdb_journal_t

/var/lib/wtmpdb/wtmp.db-journal

🎀 FILE CONTEXTS 🎀

SELinux requires files to have an extended attribute to define the file type. it's like a little name tag but for files 🏷️✨

You can see the context of a file using the -Z option to ls. third time's the charm, the -Z girlies are thriving 💅

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

⭐ STANDARD FILE CONTEXT ⭐

SELinux defines the file context types for the rshd. 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. relabel era 💫

semanage fcontext -a -t rshd_exec_t '/srv/rshd/content(/.*)?'
restorecon -R -v /srv/myrshd_content
Note: SELinux often uses regular expressions to specify labels that match multiple files. regex jumpscare, but make it cute 🙈

The following file types are defined for rshd:

rshd_exec_t

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

Paths:

/usr/bin/in.rshd, /usr/bin/in.rexecd, /usr/kerberos/sbin/kshd

rshd_keytab_t

  • Set files with the rshd_keytab_t type, if you want to treat the files as kerberos keytab files.
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. temporary = chcon, permanent = semanage fcontext + restorecon. don't mix them up bestie, it's giving "I edited the file but forgot to save" energy 💀

🔥 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. a whole GUI!! for the girlies who prefer clicking 🖱️💖

💜 AUTHOR 💜

This manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage . — yes, a robot wrote it, and honestly? she ate 🤖✨

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

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

and that's the whole page, bestie, you made it 🎉🫶 this lil doc came from the rshd package, version 26-10-06, dated 26-10-06 — go forth and label things correctly, ily, bye 💖💅✨

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