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selabel_x(5)               SELinux API documentation              selabel_x(5)

NAME
       selabel_x - userspace SELinux labeling interface and configuration file
       format for the X Window System contexts backend. This backend  is  also
       used to determine the default context for labeling remotely connected X
       clients
SYNOPSIS
       #include <selinux/label.h>
       int selabel_lookup(struct selabel_handle *hnd,
                          char **context,
                          const char *object_name, int object_type);
       int selabel_lookup_raw(struct selabel_handle *hnd,
                          char **context,
                          const char *object_name, int object_type);
DESCRIPTION
       The X contexts backend maps from X  Window  System  object  names  into
       security  contexts.  It  is  used to find the appropriate context for X
       Window System objects whose significance  and/or  usage  semantics  are
       determined  primarily by name. The returned context must be freed using
       freecon(3).
       selabel_lookup(3) describes the function  with  its  return  and  error
       codes.
       This backend is also used to determine the default context for labeling
       remotely connected X clients.
       The object_type argument should be set to one of the following values:
              SELABEL_X_PROP
                     The object_name argument specifies the name of  a  window
                     property, such as "WM_NAME".
              SELABEL_X_SELN
                     The  object_name  argument specifies the name of a selec-
                     tion, such as "PRIMARY".
              SELABEL_X_EXT
                     The object_name argument specifies the name of a protocol
                     extension, such as "RENDER".
              SELABEL_X_EVENT
                     The  object_name  argument specifies the name of an event
                     type, such as "X11:ButtonPress".
              SELABEL_X_CLIENT
                     The object_name argument is ignored, however it should be
                     set  to  either  *  (an  asterisk or 'wildcard' that will
                     select the default entry) or a  specific  entry  such  as
                     "remote"  in  the X contexts file as shown in the EXAMPLE
                     section.  The  default  context  for  labeling  remote  X
                     clients is then returned.
              SELABEL_X_POLYPROP
                     Like  SELABEL_X_PROP,  but  checks  if  the  property was
                     marked as being polyinstantiated. See NOTES below.
              SELABEL_X_POLYSELN
                     Like SELABEL_X_SELN, but  checks  if  the  selection  was
                     marked as being polyinstantiated. See NOTES below.
       Any  messages  generated  by  selabel_lookup(3)  are  sent to stderr by
       default, although this can be changed by selinux_set_callback(3).
       selabel_lookup_raw behaves identically to selabel_lookup but  does  not
       perform context translation.
       The FILES section details the configuration files used to determine the
       X object context.
OPTIONS
       In addition to the global options described  in  selabel_open(3),  this
       backend recognizes the following options:
              SELABEL_OPT_PATH
                     A  non-null  value  for this option specifies a path to a
                     file that will be opened in lieu of the standard  X  con-
                     texts file (see the FILES section for details).
FILES
       The  X  context  file used to retrieve a default context depends on the
       SELABEL_OPT_PATH parameter passed to selabel_open(3). If NULL, then the
       SELABEL_OPT_PATH  value  will  default  to the active policy X contexts
       location (as  returned  by  selinux_x_context_path(3)),  otherwise  the
       actual SELABEL_OPT_PATH value specified is used.
       The default X object contexts file is:
              /etc/selinux/{SELINUXTYPE}/contexts/x_contexts
       Where  {SELINUXTYPE}  is  the entry from the selinux configuration file
       config (see selinux_config(5)).
       The entries within the X contexts file are shown  in  the  Object  Name
       String Values and FILE FORMAT sections.
Object Name String Values
       The  string  name  assigned  to  each  object_type argument that can be
       present in the X contexts file are:
                        +-------------------+----------------+
                        |object_type        | Text Name      |
                        +-------------------+----------------+
                        |SELABEL_X_PROP     | property       |
                        +-------------------+----------------+
                        |SELABEL_X_SELN     | selection      |
                        +-------------------+----------------+
                        |SELABEL_X_EXT      | extension      |
                        +-------------------+----------------+
                        |SELABEL_X_EVENT    | event          |
                        +-------------------+----------------+
                        |SELABEL_X_CLIENT   | client         |
                        +-------------------+----------------+
                        |SELABEL_X_POLYPROP | poly_property  |
                        +-------------------+----------------+
                        |SELABEL_X_POLYSELN | poly_selection |
                        +-------------------+----------------+
FILE FORMAT
       Each line within the X contexts file is as follows:
              object_type object_name context
       Where:
              object_type
                     This is the string  representation  of  the  object  type
                     shown  in  the  Object Name String Values section.  There
                     can be multiple lines with the  same  object_type  string
                     that  will form a block of entries (each with a different
                     object_name entry).
              object_name
                     These are the  object  names  of  the  specific  X-server
                     resource  such as PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0 etc. They are gen-
                     erally defined in the X-server source code  (protocol.txt
                     and  BuiltInAtoms in the dix directory of the xorg-server
                     source package).  The entry can contain '*' for  wildcard
                     matching  or  '?' for substitution.  Note that if the '*'
                     is used, then be aware that the order of entries  in  the
                     file is important. The '*' on its own is used to ensure a
                     default fallback context is assigned and  should  be  the
                     last entry in the object_type block.
              context
                     The security context that will be applied to the object.
       Example 1:
       # object_type  object_name  context
       selection      PRIMARY      system_u:object_r:clipboard_xselection_t:s0
       selection      *            system_u:object_r:xselection_t:s0
       Example  2 - This example shows how a client entry can be configured to
       ensure an entry is always found:
       # object_type  object_name  context
       client         *            system_u:object_r:remote_t:s0
NOTES
       1.  Properties and selections are marked as either polyinstantiated  or
           not.  For  these  name  types,  the "POLY" option searches only the
           names marked as being  polyinstantiated,  while  the  other  option
           searches only the names marked as not being polyinstantiated. Users
           of the interface should  check  both  mappings,  optionally  taking
           action based on the result (e.g. polyinstantiating the object).
       2.  If  contexts  are  to  be  validated,  then the global option SELA-
           BEL_OPT_VALIDATE must be set  before  calling  selabel_open(3).  If
           this  is  not set, then it is possible for an invalid context to be
           returned.
SEE ALSO
       selinux(8), selabel_open(3), selabel_lookup(3), selabel_stats(3),
       selabel_close(3), selinux_set_callback(3), selinux_x_context_path(3),
       freecon(3), selinux_config(5)

Security Enhanced Linux           29 Nov 2011                     selabel_x(5)