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| author | Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> | 2017-05-13 04:51:44 -0700 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2017-05-18 10:31:30 -0600 |
| commit | 229fd05c565eb931aa7c59c9d740e2047701a4ad (patch) | |
| tree | 02fe4d7959df807381453555d232861d30dc651e /Documentation | |
| parent | 504f231cda569b5e4e48d81a35376641552a5092 (diff) | |
doc: ReSTify SELinux.txt
Adjusts for ReST markup and moves under LSM admin guide.
Cc: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/SELinux.rst (renamed from Documentation/security/SELinux.txt) | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/index.rst | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/security/00-INDEX | 2 |
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/security/SELinux.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/SELinux.rst index 07eae00f3314..f722c9b4173a 100644 --- a/Documentation/security/SELinux.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/SELinux.rst @@ -1,27 +1,33 @@ +======= +SELinux +======= + If you want to use SELinux, chances are you will want to use the distro-provided policies, or install the latest reference policy release from + http://oss.tresys.com/projects/refpolicy However, if you want to install a dummy policy for -testing, you can do using 'mdp' provided under +testing, you can do using ``mdp`` provided under scripts/selinux. Note that this requires the selinux userspace to be installed - in particular you will need checkpolicy to compile a kernel, and setfiles and fixfiles to label the filesystem. 1. Compile the kernel with selinux enabled. - 2. Type 'make' to compile mdp. + 2. Type ``make`` to compile ``mdp``. 3. Make sure that you are not running with SELinux enabled and a real policy. If you are, reboot with selinux disabled before continuing. - 4. Run install_policy.sh: + 4. Run install_policy.sh:: + cd scripts/selinux sh install_policy.sh Step 4 will create a new dummy policy valid for your kernel, with a single selinux user, role, and type. -It will compile the policy, will set your SELINUXTYPE to -dummy in /etc/selinux/config, install the compiled policy -as 'dummy', and relabel your filesystem. +It will compile the policy, will set your ``SELINUXTYPE`` to +``dummy`` in ``/etc/selinux/config``, install the compiled policy +as ``dummy``, and relabel your filesystem. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/index.rst index 7e892b9b58aa..cc0e04d63bf9 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/index.rst @@ -29,3 +29,8 @@ will always include the capability module. The list reflects the order in which checks are made. The capability module will always be first, followed by any "minor" modules (e.g. Yama) and then the one "major" module (e.g. SELinux) if there is one configured. + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + SELinux diff --git a/Documentation/security/00-INDEX b/Documentation/security/00-INDEX index 190a023a7e72..aaa0195418b3 100644 --- a/Documentation/security/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/security/00-INDEX @@ -1,7 +1,5 @@ 00-INDEX - this file. -SELinux.txt - - how to get started with the SELinux security enhancement. Smack.txt - documentation on the Smack Linux Security Module. Yama.txt |