Security-Enhanced Linux secures the collectd_script processes via flexible mandatory access control.
The collectd_script processes execute with the collectd_script_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 collectd_script_t
The collectd_script_t SELinux type can be entered via the collectd_script_exec_t, collectd_script_exec_t file types.
The default entrypoint paths for the collectd_script_t domain are the following:
/usr/share/collectd/collection3/bin/.*.cgi, /usr/share/collectd/collection3/bin/.*.cgi
You can see the context of a process using the -Z option to psP Policy governs the access confined processes have to files. SELinux collectd_script policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their collectd_script processes in as secure a method as possible.
The following process types are defined for collectd_script:
collectd_script_t
Note: semanage permissive -a collectd_script_t can be used to make the process type collectd_script_t permissive. SELinux does not deny access to permissive process types, but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are still generated.
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 httpd cgi support, you must turn on the httpd_enable_cgi boolean. Enabled by default.
setsebool -P httpd_enable_cgi 1
The SELinux process type collectd_script_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.
collectd_rw_content_t
collectd_script_tmp_t
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 collectd_script policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their collectd_script processes in as secure a method as possible.
STANDARD FILE CONTEXT
SELinux defines the file context types for the collectd_script, 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 collectd_script_tmp_t '/srv/mycollectd_script_content(/.*)?'
restorecon -R -v /srv/mycollectd_script_content
Note: SELinux often uses regular expressions to specify labels that match multiple files.
The following file types are defined for collectd_script:
collectd_script_exec_t
- Set files with the collectd_script_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the collectd_script_t domain.
collectd_script_tmp_t
- Set files with the collectd_script_tmp_t type, if you want to store collectd script temporary files in the /tmp directories.
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.