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* [[SELinux/MLS|Multi Level Security/MLS]] | * [[SELinux/MLS|Multi Level Security/MLS]] | ||
* [[SELinux/LoadableModules|Loadable Modules]] | * [[SELinux/LoadableModules|Loadable Modules]] | ||
# [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Managing_Confined_Services/ Fedora 13 - Managing Confined Services Guide] | |||
* Policies - | * Policies - | ||
# [[SELinux/Policies|Discussion of Policies]] | # [[SELinux/Policies|Discussion of Policies]] | ||
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# [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELinux_FAQ SELinux FAQs] | # [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELinux_FAQ SELinux FAQs] | ||
# [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/SELinux_FAQ/ Fedora 13 - SELinux FAQ] | # [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/SELinux_FAQ/ Fedora 13 - SELinux FAQ] | ||
* User Guide - | |||
** [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Security-Enhanced_Linux/ Fedora 13 - Security-Enhanced Linux User Guide] | |||
Additional Web Site References - | Additional Web Site References - |
Revision as of 06:02, 27 December 2010
SELinux Guide
Documentation Summary:
Purpose: How to accomplish specific tasks with SELinux in the desktop environment. This requires a major expansion of the content beyond the SELinux FAQ which will be amalgamated into this guide in use case scenarios.
A user who finishes reading this guide should be able to:
- Understand how the Linux kernel, policy, and user tools work together to implement SELinux in Fedora
- Understand the differences and interactions between legacy UNIX access controls and SELinux
- Determine, set, and understand the operational mode of SELinux in a Fedora system
- Determine, set, and understand object and file labels
- Understand how to perform an automatic relabeling of a file system
Audience: Individuals who are unfamiliar with SELinux and who need to learn how to function in an environment with SELinux enabled.
Approach: This document explains basic principles by explaining one principle at a time. The document assumes some familiarity with Linux/UNIX-specific terminology or concepts. Functionality is also compared, where appropriate, to what the reader may know from other OSes, particularly Microsoft Windows.
Assumptions: The reader has a standard Desktop class installation of Fedora with, including a user account with the default settings. The reader does have access to the root password. (We changed this "non-root access" assumption so that we can include more coverage of regular software updates and the installation of alternate packages and desktops.)
Related Documents:
- Policies -
- Discussion of Policies
- Policy Generation Tools
- SELinux Policy Grammar language
- Writing SE Linux policy HOWTO
- Troubleshooting -
- FAQs -
- User Guide -
Additional Web Site References -
- http://danwalsh.livejournal.com/
- http://james-morris.livejournal.com/
- http://docs.fedoraproject.org/selinux-faq
- http://selinuxnews.org/
- http://www.tresys.com/education.php
NSA References -
Recommended Textbook -
- SELinux By Example: Using Security Enhanced Linux by Frank Mayer, Karl MacMillan, David Caplan - Prentice Hall, 2007
Possibly Dated Content References -
Lead Writer:
Writers: MarcWiriadisastra