| .TH "service_seusers" "5" "28-Nov-2011" "Security Enhanced Linux" "SELinux configuration" |
| .SH "NAME" |
| service_seusers \- The SELinux GNU/Linux user and service to SELinux user mapping configuration files |
| . |
| .SH "DESCRIPTION" |
| These are optional files that allow services to define an SELinux user when authenticating via SELinux-aware login applications such as |
| .BR PAM "(8). " |
| .sp |
| There is one file for each GNU/Linux user name that will be required to run a service with a specific SELinux user name. |
| .sp |
| The path for each configuration file is formed by the path returned by |
| .BR selinux_policy_root "(3) with " |
| .IR /logins/username |
| appended (where \fIusername\fR is a file representing the GNU/Linux user name). The default services directory is located at: |
| .RS |
| .I /etc/selinux/{SELINUXTYPE}/logins |
| .RE |
| .sp |
| Where \fI{SELINUXTYPE}\fR is the entry from the selinux configuration file \fIconfig\fR (see \fBselinux_config\fR(5)). |
| .sp |
| .BR getseuser "(3) reads this file to map services to an SELinux user. " |
| . |
| .SH "FILE FORMAT" |
| Each line within the \fIusername\fR file is formatted as follows with each component separated by a colon: |
| .RS |
| .IB service : seuser \fR[\fB:\fIrange\fR] |
| .RE |
| .sp |
| Where: |
| .RS |
| .I service |
| .RS |
| The service name used by the application. |
| .RE |
| .I seuser |
| .RS |
| The SELinux user name. |
| .RE |
| .I range |
| .RS |
| The range for MCS/MLS policies. |
| .RE |
| .RE |
| . |
| .SH "EXAMPLES" |
| Example 1 - for the 'root' user: |
| .RS |
| # ./logins/root |
| .br |
| ipa:user_u:s0 |
| .br |
| this_service:unconfined_u:s0 |
| .RE |
| .sp |
| Example 2 - for GNU/Linux user 'rch': |
| .RS |
| # ./logins/rch |
| .br |
| ipa:unconfined_u:s0 |
| .br |
| that_service:unconfined_u:s0 |
| .RE |
| . |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .ad l |
| .nh |
| .BR selinux "(8), " PAM "(8), " selinux_policy_root "(3), " getseuser "(3), " selinux_config "(5) " |
