Security-Enhanced Linux secures the mscan processes via flexible mandatory access control.
The mscan processes execute with the mscan_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 mscan_t
The mscan_t SELinux type can be entered via the mscan_exec_t file type.
The default entrypoint paths for the mscan_t domain are the following:
You can see the context of a process using the -Z option to psP Policy governs the access confined processes have to files. SELinux mscan policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their mscan processes in as secure a method as possible.
The following process types are defined for mscan:
mscan_t
Note: semanage permissive -a mscan_t can be used to make the process type mscan_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 users to resolve user passwd entries directly from ldap rather then using a sssd server, you must turn on the authlogin_nsswitch_use_ldap boolean. Disabled by default.
setsebool -P authlogin_nsswitch_use_ldap 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 run with kerberos, you must turn on the kerberos_enabled boolean. Enabled by default.
setsebool -P kerberos_enabled 1
If you want to allow system to run with NIS, you must turn on the nis_enabled boolean. Disabled by default.
setsebool -P nis_enabled 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 mscan_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.
antivirus_var_run_t
/var/run/clamd.*
/var/run/clamav.*
/var/run/amavis(d)?(/.*)?
/var/run/amavis(d)?/clamd.pid
/var/run/amavisd-snmp-subagent.pid
cluster_conf_t
/etc/cluster(/.*)?
cluster_var_lib_t
/var/lib/pcsd(/.*)?
/var/lib/cluster(/.*)?
/var/lib/openais(/.*)?
/var/lib/pengine(/.*)?
/var/lib/corosync(/.*)?
/usr/lib/heartbeat(/.*)?
/var/lib/heartbeat(/.*)?
/var/lib/pacemaker(/.*)?
cluster_var_run_t
/var/run/crm(/.*)?
/var/run/cman_.*
/var/run/rsctmp(/.*)?
/var/run/aisexec.*
/var/run/heartbeat(/.*)?
/var/run/corosync-qnetd(/.*)?
/var/run/corosync-qdevice(/.*)?
/var/run/corosync.pid
/var/run/cpglockd.pid
/var/run/rgmanager.pid
/var/run/cluster/rgmanager.sk
mqueue_spool_t
/var/spool/(client)?mqueue(/.*)?
/var/spool/mqueue.in(/.*)?
mscan_spool_t
/var/spool/MailScanner(/.*)?
mscan_tmp_t
mscan_var_run_t
/var/run/MailScanner.pid
root_t
/sysroot/ostree/deploy/.*-atomic/deploy(/.*)?
/
/initrd
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 mscan policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their mscan processes in as secure a method as possible.
STANDARD FILE CONTEXT
SELinux defines the file context types for the mscan, 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 mscan_var_run_t '/srv/mymscan_content(/.*)?'
restorecon -R -v /srv/mymscan_content
Note: SELinux often uses regular expressions to specify labels that match multiple files.
The following file types are defined for mscan:
mscan_etc_t
- Set files with the mscan_etc_t type, if you want to store mscan files in the /etc directories.
mscan_exec_t
- Set files with the mscan_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the mscan_t domain.
mscan_initrc_exec_t
- Set files with the mscan_initrc_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the mscan_initrc_t domain.
mscan_spool_t
- Set files with the mscan_spool_t type, if you want to store the mscan files under the /var/spool directory.
mscan_tmp_t
- Set files with the mscan_tmp_t type, if you want to store mscan temporary files in the /tmp directories.
mscan_var_run_t
- Set files with the mscan_var_run_t type, if you want to store the mscan files under the /run or /var/run 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.