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RHCSA 8 - CH22
Managing SELinux
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Computer Science
Undergraduate 3
01/01/2022

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Term
audit log
Definition
The main log file in /var/log/audit/audit.log, which by default contains all messages that are logged by the auditd service.
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context
Definition
In SELinux, a label that is used to define the security attributes of users, processes, ports, and directories.
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enforcing
Definition
The SELinux mode where SELinux is fully operational and applies all restrictions that have been configured for a specific system.
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permissive
Definition
The SELinux mode where nothing is blocked but everything is logged in the audit log.
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policy
Definition
The collection of rules that is used to define SELinux security.
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source context
Definition
In SELinux, the context of the processes or users that initiate an action.
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target context
Definition
The SELinux context that is set to a target object, such as a port, file, or directory.
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