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SELinux System Administration

You're reading from   SELinux System Administration Effectively secure your Linux systems with SELinux

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787126954
Length 300 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Sven Vermeulen Sven Vermeulen
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Fundamental SELinux Concepts FREE CHAPTER 2. Understanding SELinux Decisions and Logging 3. Managing User Logins 4. Process Domains and File-Level Access Controls 5. Controlling Network Communications 6. sVirt and Docker Support 7. D-Bus and systemd 8. Working with SELinux Policies 9. Analyzing Policy Behavior 10. SELinux Use Cases

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In this chapter, we started out with an introduction to systemd and a strong focus on the service management capabilities that systemd offers. We learned how to start a service with a custom SELinux context as well as how additional files can be properly labeled upon boot. Alongside the service management, through systemd's unit files, this chapter also covered transient services and how to immediately associate the right SELinux context.

Other systemd capabilities and services were touched upon as well. We saw how SELinux contexts are registered as part of the systemd journal and how to query for events using this context. Journal daemon integration with the SELinux troubleshooting daemon was covered as well. We learned how systemd supports containers and what administrators can do to fine-tune the SELinux context associated with the container. Finally, we took a brief look at udev and how its rules can be used to support administrators in managing devices. One of its actions is...

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