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vmware_selinux(8)     vmware SELinux Policy documentation    vmware_selinux(8)

NAME
       vmware_selinux  -  Security  Enhanced  Linux Policy for the vmware pro‐
       cesses

DESCRIPTION
       Security-Enhanced Linux	secures	 the  vmware  processes	 via  flexible
       mandatory access control.

NSSWITCH DOMAIN
FILE CONTEXTS
       SELinux requires files to have an extended attribute to define the file
       type.

       You can see the context of a file using the -Z option to ls

       Policy governs the access  confined  processes  have  to	 these	files.
       SELinux	vmware	policy	is very flexible allowing users to setup their
       vmware processes in as secure a method as possible.

       The following file types are defined for vmware:

       vmware_conf_t

       - Set files with the vmware_conf_t type, if you want to treat the files
       as vmware configuration data, usually stored under the /etc directory.

       vmware_exec_t

       -  Set  files with the vmware_exec_t type, if you want to transition an
       executable to the vmware_t domain.

       Paths:
	    /usr/sbin/vmware-serverd,	       /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-mks,
	    /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmplayer,		 /usr/bin/vmware-ping,
	    /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-ui,	       /usr/bin/vmware-wizard,
	    /usr/bin/vmware

       vmware_file_t

       - Set files with the vmware_file_t type, if you want to treat the files
       as vmware content.

       vmware_host_exec_t

       - Set files with the vmware_host_exec_t type, if you want to transition
       an executable to the vmware_host_t domain.

       Paths:
	    /usr/bin/vmware-smbpasswd.bin,		 /usr/bin/vmware-smbd,
	    /usr/lib/vmware-tools/sbin64/vmware.*,	 /usr/bin/vmnet-dhcpd,
	    /usr/bin/vmnet-bridge,  /usr/bin/vmware-nmbd, /usr/bin/vmnet-neti‐
	    fup,   /usr/sbin/vmware-guest.*,   /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx,
	    /usr/bin/vmnet-natd, /usr/bin/vmware-vmx, /usr/bin/vmware-network,
	    /usr/bin/vmnet-sniffer,		    /usr/bin/vmware-smbpasswd,
	    /usr/lib/vmware-tools/sbin32/vmware.*

       vmware_host_pid_t

       -  Set  files with the vmware_host_pid_t type, if you want to store the
       vmware host files under the /run directory.

       vmware_host_tmp_t

       - Set files with the vmware_host_tmp_t  type,  if  you  want  to	 store
       vmware host temporary files in the /tmp directories.

       vmware_log_t

       -  Set  files with the vmware_log_t type, if you want to treat the data
       as vmware log data, usually stored under the /var/log directory.

       Paths:
	    /var/log/vmware.*, /var/log/vnetlib.*

       vmware_pid_t

       - Set files with the vmware_pid_t type, if you want to store the vmware
       files under the /run directory.

       vmware_sys_conf_t

       -  Set  files with the vmware_sys_conf_t type, if you want to treat the
       files as vmware sys configuration data, usually stored under  the  /etc
       directory.

       Paths:
	    /usr/lib/vmware/config, /etc/vmware.*(/.*)?

       vmware_tmp_t

       -  Set  files  with  the vmware_tmp_t type, if you want to store vmware
       temporary files in the /tmp directories.

       vmware_tmpfs_t

       - Set files with the vmware_tmpfs_t type, if you want to	 store	vmware
       files on a tmpfs file system.

       Note:  File context can be temporarily modified with the chcon command.
       If you want to permanantly change the file context you need to use  the
       semanage fcontext command.  This will modify the SELinux labeling data‐
       base.  You will need to use restorecon to apply the labels.

PROCESS TYPES
       SELinux defines process types (domains) for each process running on the
       system

       You can see the context of a process using the -Z option to ps

       Policy  governs	the  access confined processes have to files.  SELinux
       vmware policy is very flexible allowing users  to  setup	 their	vmware
       processes in as secure a method as possible.

       The following process types are defined for vmware:

       vmware_t, vmware_host_t

       Note: semanage permissive -a PROCESS_TYPE can be used to make a process
       type permissive. Permissive process types  are  not  denied  access  by
       SELinux. AVC messages will still be generated.

COMMANDS
       semanage	 fcontext  can also be used to manipulate default file context
       mappings.

       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 pol‐
       icy modules.

       system-config-selinux is a GUI tool available to customize SELinux pol‐
       icy settings.

AUTHOR
       This manual page was autogenerated by genman.py.

SEE ALSO
       selinux(8), vmware(8), semanage(8), restorecon(8), chcon(1)

dwalsh@redhat.com		    vmware		     vmware_selinux(8)

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