sssd_selinux(8) - Linux man page

Name

sssd_selinux - Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the sssd processes

Description

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

The sssd processes execute with the sssd_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 sssd_t

Entrypoints

The sssd_t SELinux type can be entered via the "sssd_exec_t" file type. The default entrypoint paths for the sssd_t domain are the following:"

/usr/sbin/sssd

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

The following process types are defined for sssd:

sssd_t

Note: semanage permissive -a sssd_t

can be used to make the process type sssd_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 sssd policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their sssd processes in as secure a method as possible.

The following file types are defined for sssd:

sssd_exec_t

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

sssd_initrc_exec_t

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

sssd_public_t

- Set files with the sssd_public_t type, if you want to treat the files as sssd public data.

sssd_var_lib_t

- Set files with the sssd_var_lib_t type, if you want to store the sssd files under the /var/lib directory.

sssd_var_log_t

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

sssd_var_run_t

- Set files with the sssd_var_run_t type, if you want to store the sssd 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.

Managed Files

The SELinux process type sssd_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.

faillog_t

/var/log/btmp.*

/var/log/faillog.*

/var/log/tallylog.*

/var/run/faillock(/.*)?

initrc_tmp_t
krb5_host_rcache_t

/var/cache/krb5rcache(/.*)?

/var/tmp/host_0

/var/tmp/HTTP_23

mnt_t

/mnt(/[^/]*)

/mnt(/[^/]*)?

/rhev(/[^/]*)?

/media(/[^/]*)

/media(/[^/]*)?

/etc/rhgb(/.*)?

/media/.hal-.*

/net

/afs

/misc

/rhev

pcscd_var_run_t

/var/run/pcscd.events(/.*)?

/var/run/pcscd.pid

/var/run/pcscd.pub

/var/run/pcscd.comm

root_t

/initrd

security_t
selinux_login_config_t

/etc/selinux/([^/]*/)?logins(/.*)?

sssd_public_t

/var/lib/sss/mc(/.*)?

/var/lib/sss/pubconf(/.*)?

sssd_var_lib_t

/var/lib/sss(/.*)?

sssd_var_log_t

/var/log/sssd(/.*)?

sssd_var_run_t

/var/run/sssd.pid

tmp_t

/tmp

/usr/tmp

/var/tmp

/var/tmp/vi.recover

user_tmp_t

/tmp/gconfd-.*

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.

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

Author

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