telepath..._selinux(8)

💖 telepath..._selinux(8) — the SELinux Policy for telepathy_logger 💖

okay so bestie, this is the manual page for the telepathy_logger SELinux policy, and the actual man page name is telepath..._selinux(8). Buckle up, it's giving security, it's giving mandatory access control, it's giving slay. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

telepathy_logger_selinux — Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the telepathy_logger processes 🦋

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Security-Enhanced Linux secures the telepathy_logger processes via flexible mandatory access control. no cap, that's the whole vibe. 💅

The telepathy_logger processes execute with the telepathy_logger_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 telepathy_logger_t

go off, ps. 🔥

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🚪 ENTRYPOINTS 🚪

The telepathy_logger_t SELinux type can be entered via the telepathy_logger_exec_t file type.

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

/usr/libexec/telepathy-logger

that's the one door in, bestie. 🫶

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👑 PROCESS TYPES 👑

SELinux defines process types (domains) for each process running on the system — like little name tags but for security. 🏷️

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

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

The following process types are defined for telepathy_logger:

telepathy_logger_t

Note: semanage permissive -a telepathy_logger_t can be used to make the process type telepathy_logger_t permissive. SELinux does not deny access to permissive process types, but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are still generated. so it stops blocking you but it will still be loud about it in the logs. 💀

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🎚️ BOOLEANS 🎚️

SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required. telepathy_logger policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that allow you to manipulate the policy and run telepathy_logger with the tightest access possible. iykyk, booleans are the on/off switches of the SELinux world. ⭐

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 telepathy_logger_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, SELinux gatekeeps but regular permissions still get a say too 🙈)

cache_home_t

/root/.cache(/.*)?
/home/[^/]+/.nv(/.*)?
/home/[^/]+/.cache(/.*)?

cifs_t

(no default paths listed for this one, it's mysterious like that 🦋)

config_home_t

/root/.kde(/.*)?
/root/.xine(/.*)?
/root/.config(/.*)?
/root/.Xdefaults
/home/[^/]+/.kde(/.*)?
/home/[^/]+/.xine(/.*)?
/home/[^/]+/.config(/.*)?
/home/[^/]+/.cache/dconf(/.*)?
/home/[^/]+/.Xdefaults
/run/user/[0-9]+/dconf(/.*)?

ecryptfs_t

/home/[^/]+/.Private(/.*)?
/home/[^/]+/.ecryptfs(/.*)?

fusefs_t

/run/user/[0-9]+/gvfs

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

nfs_t

(also no default paths listed — iconic, elusive ✨)

telepathy_logger_cache_home_t

/home/[^/]+/.cache/telepathy/logger(/.*)?

telepathy_logger_data_home_t

/home/[^/]+/.local/share/TpLogger(/.*)?

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🗂️ FILE CONTEXTS 🗂️

SELinux requires files to have an extended attribute to define the file type. yes, files have vibes and the vibes are stored in extended attributes. 🎀

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

🌈 STANDARD FILE CONTEXT 🌈

SELinux defines the file context types for the telepathy_logger, 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 telepathy_logger_exec_t
'/srv/telepathy_logger/content(/.*)?'
restorecon -R -v /srv/mytelepathy_logger_content

Note: SELinux often uses regular expressions to specify labels that match multiple files. regex my beloved 😭

The following file types are defined for telepathy_logger:

telepathy_logger_cache_home_t

• Set files with the telepathy_logger_cache_home_t type, if you want to store telepathy logger cache files in the users home directory.

telepathy_logger_data_home_t

• Set files with the telepathy_logger_data_home_t type, if you want to store telepathy logger data files in the users home directory.

telepathy_logger_exec_t

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

telepathy_logger_tmp_t

• Set files with the telepathy_logger_tmp_t type, if you want to store telepathy logger 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 fix vs permanent fix, bestie, know the difference 💅

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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 when the terminal is doing too much 🫶)

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✍️ AUTHOR ✍️

This manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage. a bot wrote this and honestly? it ate. 🤖💅

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

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

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and that's the whole page, bestie — 10/10 no notes 💖

this iconic lil page comes courtesy of the telepathy_logger manual, dated 26-10-06, living under the name telepath..._selinux(8). periodt. 🎀✨