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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/SELinux.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/SELinux.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..cdd65164c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/SELinux.rst @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +======= +SELinux +======= + +Information about the SELinux kernel subsystem can be found at the +following links: + + https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pcmoore/selinux.git/tree/README.md + + https://github.com/selinuxproject/selinux-kernel/wiki + +Information about the SELinux userspace can be found at: + + https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/wiki + +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 + + https://github.com/SELinuxProject/refpolicy + +However, if you want to install a dummy policy for +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``. + 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:: + + 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. |