default_contexts(5) — Linux manual page

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default_contexts(5)       SELinux configuration      default_contexts(5)

NAME         top

       default_contexts - The SELinux default contexts configuration
       file

DESCRIPTION         top

       The default contexts configuration file default_contexts contains
       entries that allow SELinux-aware login applications such as
       PAM(8)

       SELinux-aware login applications generally use one or more of the
       following libselinux functions that read these files from the
       active policy path:
              get_default_context(3)
              get_ordered_context_list(3)
              get_ordered_context_list_with_level(3)
              get_default_context_with_level(3)
              get_default_context_with_role(3)
              get_default_context_with_rolelevel(3)
              query_user_context(3)
              manual_user_enter_context(3)

       The default context configuration file path for the active policy
       is returned by selinux_default_contexts_path(3). The default,
       default contexts file is:
              /etc/selinux/{SELINUXTYPE}/contexts/default_contexts

       Where {SELINUXTYPE} is the entry from the selinux configuration
       file config (see selinux_config(5)).

FILE FORMAT         top

       Each line in the default configuration file consists of the
       following:
              login_process user_login_process [user_login_process] ...

       Where:
              login_process
                     This consists of a role:type[:range] entry that
                     represents the login process context that are
                     defined in the policy.
              user_login_process
                     This consists of one or more role:type[:range]
                     entries that represent the user login process
                     context defined in the policy.

EXAMPLE         top

       # ./contexts/default_contexts
       system_r:crond_t:s0            system_r:system_crond_t:s0
       system_r:local_login_t:s0      user_r:user_t:s0
       staff_r:staff_t:s0
       system_r:remote_login_t:s0     user_r:user_t:s0
       system_r:sshd_t:s0             user_r:user_t:s0
       system_r:sulogin_t:s0          sysadm_r:sysadm_t:s0
       system_r:xdm_t:s0              user_r:user_t:s0

SEE ALSO         top

       selinux(8), selinux_default_contexts_path(3), PAM(8),
       selinux_default_type_path(3), get_default_context(3),
       get_ordered_context_list(3),
       get_ordered_context_list_with_level(3),
       get_default_context_with_level(3),
       get_default_context_with_role(3),
       get_default_context_with_rolelevel(3), query_user_context(3),
       manual_user_enter_context(3), selinux_config(5)

COLOPHON         top

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Security Enhanced Linux        28-Nov-2011           default_contexts(5)