Chapter 2. Dealing with File Labels
In this chapter, we will cover how file labels are set and managed, and learn how to configure the SELinux policy ourselves to use and assign the right file labels. The recipes that this chapter covers are as follows:
- Defining file contexts through patterns
- Using substitution definitions
- Enhancing an SELinux policy with file transitions
- Setting resource-sensitivity labels
- Configuring sensitivity categories
Introduction
Setting, resetting, and governing file labels are the most common tasks administrators have to perform on an SELinux-enabled system. The policies that are provided by policy developers as well as Linux distributions offer sane defaults to use, but many implementations harbor different locations for services ...
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