systemd_...l_selinux(8)

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💖 NAME

systemd_...l_selinux(8) is the manual page name, bestie — and the actual star of the show is systemd_initctl_selinux, aka the Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the systemd_initctl processes. Slay. 🎀

✨ DESCRIPTION

Security-Enhanced Linux secures the systemd_initctl processes via flexible mandatory access control. No cap.

The systemd_initctl processes execute with the systemd_initctl_t SELinux type. You can check if you have these processes running by executing the ps command with the -Z qualifier. Vibe check time:

ps -eZ | grep systemd_initctl_t

🚪 ENTRYPOINTS

The systemd_initctl_t SELinux type can be entered via the systemd_initctl_exec_t file type. That's the doorway, periodt.

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

  • /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-initctl

👑 PROCESS TYPES

SELinux defines process types (domains) for each process running on the system. Iconic behavior, honestly.

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

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

The following process types are defined for systemd_initctl:

  • systemd_initctl_t
Note: semanage permissive -a systemd_initctl_t can be used to make the process type systemd_initctl_t permissive. SELinux does not deny access to permissive process types, but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are still generated. So like, still clocking the drama. 👀

🎀 BOOLEANS

SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required. systemd_initctl policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that allow you to manipulate the policy and run systemd_initctl 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

🗂️ MANAGED FILES

The SELinux process type systemd_initctl_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. Respect the layers, bestie. 🧚

  • 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

📁 FILE CONTEXTS

SELinux requires files to have an extended attribute to define the file type. It's giving metadata with main character energy.

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

🌸 STANDARD FILE CONTEXT

SELinux defines the file context types for the systemd_initctl, 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. So like, relabel responsibly. 🎀

semanage fcontext -a -t systemd_initctl_exec_t '/srv/systemd_initctl/content(/.*)?'
restorecon -R -v /srv/mysystemd_initctl_content

Note: SELinux often uses regular expressions to specify labels that match multiple files.

The following file types are defined for systemd_initctl:

  • systemd_initctl_exec_t — Set files with the systemd_initctl_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the systemd_initctl_t domain.
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. Don't skip the restorecon step, bestie, fr fr. 😭

🛠️ 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.

🖋️ AUTHOR

This manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage . Very hands-off, very automated, very slay. 💅

👀 SEE ALSO

okay that's the whole page, bestie 💖 — source/version is systemd_initctl, the date is 26-10-06, and the manual tag is systemd_...l_selinux(8). periodt. 🦋✨

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