Security-Enhanced Linux secures the awstats processes via flexible mandatory access control.
The awstats processes execute with the awstats_t SELinux type. You can check if you have these processes running by executing the ps command with the -Z qualifier.
For example:
ps -eZ | grep awstats_t
The awstats_t SELinux type can be entered via the awstats_exec_t file type.
The default entrypoint paths for the awstats_t domain are the following:
/usr/share/awstats/tools/.+.pl
You can see the context of a process using the -Z option to psP Policy governs the access confined processes have to files. SELinux awstats policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their awstats processes in as secure a method as possible.
The following process types are defined for awstats:
awstats_t, awstats_script_t
Note: semanage permissive -a awstats_t can be used to make the process type awstats_t permissive. SELinux does not deny access to permissive process types, but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are still generated.
If you want to determine whether awstats can purge httpd log files, you must turn on the awstats_purge_apache_log_files boolean. Disabled by default.
setsebool -P awstats_purge_apache_log_files 1
If you want to allow all domains to execute in fips_mode, you must turn on the fips_mode boolean. Enabled by default.
setsebool -P fips_mode 1
If you want to allow confined applications to use nscd shared memory, you must turn on the nscd_use_shm boolean. Enabled by default.
setsebool -P nscd_use_shm 1
The SELinux process type awstats_t can manage files labeled with the following file types. The paths listed are the default paths for these file types. Note the processes UID still need to have DAC permissions.
awstats_tmp_t
awstats_var_lib_t
/var/lib/awstats(/.*)?
You can see the context of a file using the -Z option to lsP Policy governs the access confined processes have to these files. SELinux awstats policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their awstats processes in as secure a method as possible.
STANDARD FILE CONTEXT
SELinux defines the file context types for the awstats, if you wanted to store files with these types in a diffent paths, you need to execute the semanage command to sepecify alternate labeling and then use restorecon to put the labels on disk.
semanage fcontext -a -t awstats_ra_content_t '/srv/myawstats_content(/.*)?'
restorecon -R -v /srv/myawstats_content
Note: SELinux often uses regular expressions to specify labels that match multiple files.
The following file types are defined for awstats:
awstats_content_t
- Set files with the awstats_content_t type, if you want to treat the files as awstats content.
awstats_exec_t
- Set files with the awstats_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the awstats_t domain.
awstats_htaccess_t
- Set files with the awstats_htaccess_t type, if you want to treat the file as a awstats access file.
awstats_ra_content_t
- Set files with the awstats_ra_content_t type, if you want to treat the files as awstats read/append content.
awstats_rw_content_t
- Set files with the awstats_rw_content_t type, if you want to treat the files as awstats read/write content.
awstats_script_exec_t
- Set files with the awstats_script_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the awstats_script_t domain.
awstats_tmp_t
- Set files with the awstats_tmp_t type, if you want to store awstats temporary files in the /tmp directories.
awstats_var_lib_t
- Set files with the awstats_var_lib_t type, if you want to store the awstats files under the /var/lib directory.
Note: File context can be temporarily modified with the chcon command. If you want to permanently change the file context you need to use the semanage fcontext command. This will modify the SELinux labeling database. You will need to use restorecon to apply the labels.
semanage permissive can also be used to manipulate whether or not a process type is permissive.
semanage module can also be used to enable/disable/install/remove policy modules.
semanage boolean can also be used to manipulate the booleans
system-config-selinux is a GUI tool available to customize SELinux policy settings.