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author | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2008-10-15 04:31:54 +0400 |
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committer | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2008-10-15 04:31:54 +0400 |
commit | 6dc6472581f693b5fc95aebedf67b4960fb85cf0 (patch) | |
tree | 06a5a9a08519950575505273eabced331ed51405 /Documentation/SELinux.txt | |
parent | ee673eaa72d8d185012b1027a05e25aba18c267f (diff) | |
parent | 8acd3a60bcca17c6d89c73cee3ad6057eb83ba1e (diff) | |
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Merge commit 'origin'
Manual fixup of conflicts on:
arch/powerpc/include/asm/dcr-regs.h
drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.h
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diff --git a/Documentation/SELinux.txt b/Documentation/SELinux.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..07eae00f3314 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/SELinux.txt @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +If you want to use SELinux, chances are you will want +to use the distro-provided policies, or install the +latest reference policy release from + http://oss.tresys.com/projects/refpolicy + +However, if you want to install a dummy policy for +testing, you can do using 'mdp' provided under +scripts/selinux. Note that this requires the selinux +userspace to be installed - in particular you will +need checkpolicy to compile a kernel, and setfiles and +fixfiles to label the filesystem. + + 1. Compile the kernel with selinux enabled. + 2. Type 'make' to compile mdp. + 3. Make sure that you are not running with + SELinux enabled and a real policy. If + you are, reboot with selinux disabled + before continuing. + 4. Run install_policy.sh: + cd scripts/selinux + sh install_policy.sh + +Step 4 will create a new dummy policy valid for your +kernel, with a single selinux user, role, and type. +It will compile the policy, will set your SELINUXTYPE to +dummy in /etc/selinux/config, install the compiled policy +as 'dummy', and relabel your filesystem. |