Selinux

list selinux setting on directory.

ls -Zld /var/ www/cgi-bin /usr/local/linuxcoe-sd/cgi-bin/
drwxr-xr-x  2 root:object_r:usr_t              root root 4096 Jun 12 12:55 /usr/local/linuxcoe-sd/cgi-bin/
drwxr-xr-x  2 system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_script_exec_t root root 4096 Feb 28  2005 /var/www/cgi-bin

Copy security contex from another directory.

chcon --reference=/var/www/cgi-bin -R /usr/local/linuxcoe-sd/cgi-bin

Show selinux status.

sestatus

Set selinux status.

setenforce Enforcing

View Processes protected by SELinux

# ps -ZC httpd

• user

The role is used to indicate the user of the context. If a user logs in as root they will have a user value of root. If they log in as a regular user, like tom, they will have the value of user_u. Users who su to root will continue to have the value of user_u. Processes also have a value, system_u.

• role

This is used to define the role of the user. Files have a role of object_r and processes have a role of system_r. Users, like processes have the role of system_r.

• type

Types are used to create a type enforcement which determines which process types can have access to which file types.

• sensitivity

This is a security feature used by government agencies.

• category

This provides a way to block access to categories of people including root.

user: role: type: sensitivity: category

If you view the settings for the index.html file in /var/www/html you will see these attributes listed.

# ls -Z

-rw-r--r-- root root root:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t index.html

user: root:

role: object_r:

type: httpd_sys_content_t

sensitivity:

category