staff_c..._selinux(8)

💅 staff_c..._selinux(8) — like, the whole SELinux policy page for staff_consolehelper, bestie

okay so real talk: this is the staff_c..._selinux(8) page, aka the manual for SELinux Policy staff_consolehelper, and I'm gonna walk you through every single line of it like we're texting at 2am. no skips. no "you get the idea." we're doing this right 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

staff_consolehelper_selinux — the Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the staff_consolehelper processes. that's the whole vibe. ✨

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Security-Enhanced Linux secures the staff_consolehelper processes via flexible mandatory access control. yes bestie, "mandatory" — it's not asking, it's telling 💅

the staff_consolehelper processes execute with the staff_consolehelper_t SELinux type. wanna check if you've got these processes running? run the ps command with the -Z qualifier. like this:

ps -eZ | grep staff_consolehelper_t

that's it. that's the check. go off 👑

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🦋 ENTRYPOINTS 🦋

the staff_consolehelper_t SELinux type can be entered via the consolehelper_exec_t file type. (entered via — like it's a doorway, and the doorway is a file type, iykyk)

the default entrypoint paths for the staff_consolehelper_t domain are literally these:

/usr/bin/consolehelper

one path. that's the whole list. iconic minimalism 💜

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🔥 PROCESS TYPES 🔥

SELinux defines process types (domains) for each process running on the system. that's just how it be.

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

policy governs the access confined processes have to files. the SELinux staff_consolehelper policy is very flexible, allowing users to set up their staff_consolehelper processes in as secure a method as possible. flexible and secure, we love a multitasker 🌈

the following process types are defined for staff_consolehelper:

• staff_consolehelper_t

note: semanage permissive -a staff_consolehelper_t can be used to make the process type staff_consolehelper_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 snitching 🙈

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🎀 BOOLEANS 🎀

SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required. the staff_consolehelper policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that let you manipulate the policy and run staff_consolehelper with the tightest access possible. tightest access possible = the moment 💅

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

three booleans, three little commands, all of them with that -P so they actually stick. periodt 💖

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🧚 MANAGED FILES 🧚

the SELinux process type staff_consolehelper_t can manage files labeled with the following file types. the paths listed are the default paths for these file types. and bestie, hear me: the process's UID still needs to have DAC permissions. SELinux isn't out here overriding DAC for you, no ma'am.

faillog_t

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

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

lastlog_t

/var/log/lastlog.*
/var/lib/lastlog(/.*)?

security_t

/selinux

systemd_passwd_var_run_t

/run/systemd/ask-password(/.*)?
/run/systemd/ask-password-block(/.*)?

user_tmp_type

all user tmp files. that's the description, verbatim, no path list — just all user tmp files 🌸

wtmpdb_journal_t

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

seven file types, all listed, nothing skipped. we ate that section up 🔥

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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. (a GUI!! for the girlies who prefer clicking 🫶)

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💀 AUTHOR 💀

this manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage. yes, a robot wrote it. no, it did not get a co-author credit. 😭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

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

go read those next, bestie, they're all linked in the group chat 💜

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and that's the page!! 🌟 this one's from the staff_consolehelper manual, dated 26-10-06, source line staff_c..._selinux(8) — and it's in section 8 of the manual, so like, sysadmin territory. slay, stay secure, and remember: mandatory access control doesn't take days off 💅✨