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failsafe_context(5) | SELinux configuration | failsafe_context(5) |
NAME¶
failsafe_context - The SELinux fail safe context configuration fileDESCRIPTION¶
The failsafe_context file allows SELinux-aware applications such as PAM(8) to obtain a known valid login context for an administrator if no valid default entries can be found elsewhere. selinux_failsafe_context_path(3) will return the active policy path to this file. The default failsafe context file is:/etc/selinux/{SELINUXTYPE}/contexts/failsafe_context
Where {SELINUXTYPE} is the entry from the selinux configuration file
config (see selinux_config(5)).
The following functions read this file from the active policy path if they
cannot obtain a default context:
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)
FILE FORMAT¶
The file consists of a single line entry as follows:role:type[:range]
Where:
role type range
A role, type and optional range (for MCS/MLS), separated
by colons (:) to form a valid login process context for an administrator to
access the system.
EXAMPLE¶
# ./contexts/failsafe_contextSEE ALSO¶
selinux(8), selinux_failsafe_context_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)28-Nov-2011 | Security Enhanced Linux |