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semanage.conf(5)          Linux System Administration         semanage.conf(5)

NAME
       semanage.conf  -  global  configuration file for the SELinux Management
       library
DESCRIPTION
       The  semanage.conf  file  is  usually  located  under   the   directory
       /etc/selinux  and it is used for run-time configuration of the behavior
       of the SELinux Management library.

       Each line should contain a  configuration  parameter  followed  by  the
       equal  sign ("=") and then followed by the configuration value for that
       parameter. Anything after the "#" symbol is ignored similarly to  empty
       lines.

       The following parameters are allowed:

              module-store
                     Specify  how the SELinux Management library should inter-
                     act with the SELinux policy store. When set to  "direct",
                     the SELinux Management library writes to the SELinux pol-
                     icy module store directly (this is the default  setting).
                     Otherwise  a socket path or a server name can be used for
                     the argument.  If the argument begins  with  "/"  (as  in
                     "/foo/bar"),  it  represents  the  path to a named socket
                     that should be used  to  connect  the  policy  management
                     server.  If the argument does not begin with a "/" (as in
                     "foo.com:4242"), it should be interpreted as the name  of
                     a  remote  policy  management server to be used through a
                     TCP connection (default port is 4242 unless  a  different
                     one is specified after the server name using the colon to
                     separate the two fields).

              root   Specify an alternative root path to use  for  the  store.
                     The default is "/"

              store-root
                     Specify  an  alternative  store_root  path  to  use.  The
                     default is "/etc/selinux"

              compiler-directory
                     Specify an alternative directory that contains HLL to CIL
                     compilers.        The        default       value       is
                     "/usr/libexec/selinux/hll".

              ignore-module-cache
                     Whether or not to ignore the cache of  CIL  modules  com-
                     piled from HLL. It can be set to either "true" or "false"
                     and is set to  "false"  by  default.   If  the  cache  is
                     ignored,  then  all CIL modules are recompiled from their
                     HLL modules.

              policy-version
                     When generating the policy, by default semanage will  set
                     the policy version to POLICYDB_VERSION_MAX, as defined in
                     <sepol/policydb/policydb.h>. Change  this  setting  if  a
                     different version needs to be set for the policy.

              target-platform
                     The  target platform to generate policies for. Valid val-
                     ues are "selinux" and "xen", and is set to  "selinux"  by
                     default.

              expand-check
                     Whether or not to check "neverallow" rules when executing
                     all semanage command. It can be set to either  "0"  (dis-
                     abled)  or  "1"  (enabled)  and by default it is enabled.
                     There might be a large penalty in execution time if  this
                     option is enabled.

              file-mode
                     By  default  the  permission mode for the run-time policy
                     files is set to 0644.

              save-previous
                     It controls whether  the  previous  module  directory  is
                     saved  after  a successful commit to the policy store and
                     it can be set to either "true" or "false". By default  it
                     is set to "false" (the previous version is deleted).

              save-linked
                     It controls whether the previously linked module is saved
                     (with name "base.linked") after a  successful  commit  to
                     the  policy  store.   It  can  be set to either "true" or
                     "false" and by default it is set to "false" (the previous
                     module is deleted).

              ignoredirs
                     List,  separated  by  ";",  of directories to ignore when
                     setting up users homedirs.  Some distributions  use  this
                     to stop labeling /root as a homedir.

              usepasswd
                     Whether  or  not to enable the use getpwent() to obtain a
                     list of home directories to  label.  It  can  be  set  to
                     either  "true"  or  "false".   By  default  it  is set to
                     "true".

              disable-genhomedircon
                     It controls whether or not the genhomedircon function  is
                     executed  when  using  the semanage command and it can be
                     set to either "false" or "true". By default the  genhome-
                     dircon  functionality  is  enabled  (equivalent  to  this
                     option set to "false").

              handle-unknown
                     This option controls the  kernel  behavior  for  handling
                     permissions  defined  in  the kernel but missing from the
                     actual policy.  It can be  set  to  "deny",  "reject"  or
                     "allow".

              bzip-blocksize
                     It should be in the range 0-9. A value of 0 means no com-
                     pression. By default the bzip block  size  is  set  to  9
                     (actual block size value is obtained after multiplication
                     by 100000).

              bzip-small
                     When set to "true",  the  bzip  algorithm  shall  try  to
                     reduce  its  system memory usage. It can be set to either
                     "true" or "false" and by default it is set to "false".

              remove-hll
                     When set to "true", HLL files will be removed after  com-
                     pilation  into  CIL. In order to delete HLL files already
                     compiled into CIL, modules will  need  to  be  recompiled
                     with  the  ignore-module-cache  option  set  to 'true' or
                     using the ignore-module-cache option with  semodule.  The
                     remove-hll  option can be set to either "true" or "false"
                     and by default it is set to "false".
                     Please note that since this option deletes all HLL files,
                     an updated HLL compiler will not be able to recompile the
                     original HLL file into CIL.   In  order  to  compile  the
                     original  HLL  file into CIL, the same HLL file will need
                     to be reinstalled.

SEE ALSO
       semanage(8)
AUTHOR
       This manual page was written by  Guido  Trentalancia  <guido@trentalan-
       cia.com>.
       The SELinux management library was written by Tresys Technology LLC and
       Red Hat Inc.

semanage.conf                   September 2011                semanage.conf(5)