inetd_selinux(8) - Linux man page

Name

inetd_selinux - Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the inetd processes

Description

Security-Enhanced Linux secures the inetd processes via flexible mandatory access control.

The inetd processes execute with the inetd_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 inetd_t

Entrypoints

The inetd_t SELinux type can be entered via the "mtrr_device_t,unlabeled_t,proc_type,sysctl_type,filesystem_type,file_type,inetd_exec_t" file types. The default entrypoint paths for the inetd_t domain are the following:"

/dev/cpu/mtrr, all files on the system, /usr/sbin/inetd, /usr/sbin/xinetd, /usr/sbin/rlinetd

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

The following process types are defined for inetd:

inetd_t, inetd_child_t

Note: semanage permissive -a inetd_t

can be used to make the process type inetd_t permissive. Permissive process types are not denied access by SELinux. AVC messages will still be generated.

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

The following file types are defined for inetd:

inetd_child_exec_t

- Set files with the inetd_child_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the inetd_child_t domain.

inetd_child_tmp_t

- Set files with the inetd_child_tmp_t type, if you want to store inetd child temporary files in the /tmp directories.

inetd_child_var_run_t

- Set files with the inetd_child_var_run_t type, if you want to store the inetd child files under the /run directory.

inetd_exec_t

- Set files with the inetd_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the inetd_t domain.

inetd_log_t

- Set files with the inetd_log_t type, if you want to treat the data as inetd log data, usually stored under the /var/log directory.

inetd_tmp_t

- Set files with the inetd_tmp_t type, if you want to store inetd temporary files in the /tmp directories.

inetd_var_run_t

- Set files with the inetd_var_run_t type, if you want to store the inetd files under the /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.

Port Types

SELinux defines port types to represent TCP and UDP ports.

You can see the types associated with a port by using the following command:

semanage port -l

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

The following port types are defined for inetd:

inetd_child_port_t
Default Defined Ports:: tcp 1,7,9,13,19,37,512,543,544,891,892,2105,5666 udp 1,7,9,13,19,37,891,892

Managed Files

The SELinux process type inetd_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.

file_type

all files on the system

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 port can also be used to manipulate the port definitions

system-config-selinux is a GUI tool available to customize SELinux policy settings.

Author

This manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage by mgrepl.