smoltclient_selinux(8)

💖 smoltclient_selinux — the SELinux glow-up for smoltclient 💖

okay bestie, so this is the smoltclient_selinux(8) manual page, and we're about to make SELinux make sense. no cap. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

smoltclient_selinux — the Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the smoltclient processes. it's giving "security guard but make it fashion". 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Security-Enhanced Linux secures the smoltclient processes via flexible mandatory access control. yes, mandatory. it's not a suggestion, it's a lifestyle. 🔥

The smoltclient processes execute with the smoltclient_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 smoltclient_t

literally that simple, bestie. 🎀

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🦋 ENTRYPOINTS 🦋

The smoltclient_t SELinux type can be entered via the smoltclient_exec_t file type.

the default entrypoint paths for the smoltclient_t domain are the following:

/usr/share/smolt/client/sendProfile.py

that's the doorway, periodt. 🚪✨

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👑 PROCESS TYPES 👑

SELinux defines process types (domains) for each process running on the system.

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

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

the following process types are defined for smoltclient:

smoltclient_t

Note: semanage permissive -a smoltclient_t can be used to make the process type smoltclient_t permissive. SELinux does not deny access to permissive process types, but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are still generated. so like, it's chill but it's still watching you. 👀

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🍓 BOOLEANS 🍓

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

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

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🧚 MANAGED FILES 🧚

The SELinux process type smoltclient_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. yes, both. SELinux and DAC are in a situationship. 😭

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

smoltclient_tmp_t

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🎀 FILE CONTEXTS 🎀

SELinux requires files to have an extended attribute to define the file type.

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

🌟 STANDARD FILE CONTEXT 🌟

SELinux defines the file context types for the smoltclient. 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 smoltclient_exec_t
'/srv/smoltclient/content(/.*)?'
restorecon -R -v /srv/mysmoltclient_content

Note: SELinux often uses regular expressions to specify labels that match multiple files. regex girlies rise. 🔥

the following file types are defined for smoltclient:

• smoltclient_exec_t — set files with the smoltclient_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the smoltclient_t domain.
• smoltclient_tmp_t — set files with the smoltclient_tmp_t type, if you want to store smoltclient temporary files in the /tmp directories.

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, bestie. choose wisely. 💀

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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 GUI. for the visual learners. 🖥️✨

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🙈 AUTHOR 🙈

this manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage. not me being written by a script and still eating. 💅

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

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

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and that's the whole vibe, bestie — slay the security, protect the smoltclient processes, and remember: this was page smoltclient from 26-10-06, fr fr. 🦋💖✨