smokeping_selinux(8)

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💅 smokeping_selinux(8) — the SELinux policy for smokeping processes, bestie

okay so this is the smokeping_selinux(8) page, and it's literally your whole guide to how SELinux keeps the smokeping processes in check. let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

smokeping_selinux — Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the smokeping processes. that's it, that's the vibe.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Security-Enhanced Linux secures the smokeping processes via flexible mandatory access control. flexible AND mandatory, she contains multitudes 💅

The smokeping processes execute with the smokeping_t SELinux type. wanna check if you've got these processes running? just run ps with the -Z qualifier, easy.

For example:

ps -eZ | grep smokeping_t

go off, ps 🔥

🎀 ENTRYPOINTS 🎀

The smokeping_t SELinux type can be entered via the smokeping_exec_t file type. that's the door, that's the entry.

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

/usr/bin/smokeping

one path, one icon, periodt 🌟

👑 PROCESS TYPES 👑

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

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

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

The following process types are defined for smokeping:

  • smokeping_t
  • smokeping_cgi_script_t
Note: semanage permissive -a smokeping_t can be used to make the process type smokeping_t permissive. SELinux does not deny access to permissive process types, but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are still generated. so like, it stops blocking, but it's still gonna snitch in the logs, iykyk 🙈

🍓 BOOLEANS 🍓

SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required. smokeping policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that allow you to manipulate the policy and run smokeping with the tightest access possible. we love a configurable queen 💖

If you want to dontaudit all daemons scheduling requests (setsched, sys_nice), you must turn on the daemons_dontaudit_scheduling boolean. Enabled by default.

setsebool -P daemons_dontaudit_scheduling 1

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 system to run with NIS, you must turn on the nis_enabled boolean. Disabled by default.

setsebool -P nis_enabled 1

three booleans, three little switches, we love to see it ✨

🌈 MANAGED FILES 🌈

The SELinux process type smokeping_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 isn't out here doing DAC's job, she has her own lane 💅

cluster_conf_t

/etc/cluster(/.*)?

cluster_var_lib_t

/var/lib/pcsd(/.*)?
/var/lib/cluster(/.*)?
/var/lib/openais(/.*)?
/var/lib/pengine(/.*)?
/var/lib/corosync(/.*)?
/usr/lib/heartbeat(/.*)?
/var/lib/heartbeat(/.*)?
/var/lib/pacemaker(/.*)?

cluster_var_run_t

/run/crm(/.*)?
/run/cman_.*
/run/rsctmp(/.*)?
/run/aisexec.*
/run/heartbeat(/.*)?
/run/pcsd-ruby.socket
/run/corosync-qnetd(/.*)?
/run/corosync-qdevice(/.*)?
/run/pcsd.socket
/run/corosync.pid
/run/cpglockd.pid
/run/rgmanager.pid
/run/cluster/rgmanager.sk

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

root_t

/sysroot/.aleph-version.json
/sysroot/ostree/deploy/.*-atomic/deploy(/.*)?
/
/initrd
/var/lib/ntp

smokeping_var_lib_t

/var/lib/smokeping(/.*)?

smokeping_var_run_t

/run/smokeping(/.*)?

that's the whole file-type roster, no skips, no cuts 🫶

🧚 FILE CONTEXTS 🧚

SELinux requires files to have an extended attribute to define the file type. it's giving "everything has a label", and honestly? iconic.

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

⭐ STANDARD FILE CONTEXT ⭐

SELinux defines the file context types for the smokeping, 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 smokeping_exec_t '/srv/smokeping/content(/.*)?'
restorecon -R -v /srv/mysmokeping_content
Note: SELinux often uses regular expressions to specify labels that match multiple files. regex girlies rise 🙈

The following file types are defined for smokeping:

  • smokeping_cgi_content_t — Set files with the smokeping_cgi_content_t type, if you want to treat the files as smokeping cgi content.
  • smokeping_cgi_htaccess_t — Set files with the smokeping_cgi_htaccess_t type, if you want to treat the file as a smokeping cgi access file.
  • smokeping_cgi_ra_content_t — Set files with the smokeping_cgi_ra_content_t type, if you want to treat the files as smokeping cgi read/append content.
  • smokeping_cgi_rw_content_t — Set files with the smokeping_cgi_rw_content_t type, if you want to treat the files as smokeping cgi read/write content.
  • smokeping_cgi_script_exec_t — Set files with the smokeping_cgi_script_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the smokeping_cgi_script_t domain.
  • smokeping_exec_t — Set files with the smokeping_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the smokeping_t domain.
  • smokeping_initrc_exec_t — Set files with the smokeping_initrc_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the smokeping_initrc_t domain.
  • smokeping_var_lib_t — Set files with the smokeping_var_lib_t type, if you want to store the smokeping files under the /var/lib directory.
  • smokeping_var_run_t — Set files with the smokeping_var_run_t type, if you want to store the smokeping files under the /run or /var/run directory.
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 vs permanent, know the difference bestie 💀

💜 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 GUI, for when you don't feel like typing 💅

🌸 AUTHOR 🌸

This manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage. the robot did it, not me, but she ate 🎀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

selinux(8), smokeping(8), semanage(8), restorecon(8), chcon(1), sepolicy(8), setsebool(8), smokeping_cgi_script_selinux(8), smokeping_cgi_script_selinux(8)

(yes, smokeping_cgi_script_selinux(8) is listed twice — that's exactly how the original does it, and we don't gatekeep ⭐)

and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 — this was smokeping (smokeping_selinux(8)), dated 26-10-06. go forth, label responsibly, and remember: SELinux doesn't hate you, she just has boundaries 💖✨

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