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semanage-login(8) semanage-login(8)

NAME

semanage-login - SELinux Policy Management linux user to SELinux User mapping tool

SYNOPSIS

semanage login [-h] [-n] [-N] [-S STORE] [ --add -s SEUSER -r RANGE LOGIN | --delete LOGIN | --deleteall | --extract | --list [-C] | --modify -s SEUSER -r RANGE LOGIN ]

DESCRIPTION

semanage is used to configure certain elements of SELinux policy without requiring modification to or recompilation from policy sources. semanage login controls the mapping between a Linux User and the SELinux User. It can be used to turn on confined users. For example you could define that a particular user or group of users will login to a system as the user_u user. Prefix the group name with a '%' sign to indicate a group name.

OPTIONS

show this help message and exit
Do not print heading when listing the specified object type
Do not reload policy after commit
List local customizations
Select an alternate SELinux Policy Store to manage
Add a record of the specified object type
Delete a record of the specified object type
Modify a record of the specified object type
List records of the specified object type
Extract customizable commands, for use within a transaction
Remove all local customizations
SELinux user name
MLS/MCS Security Range (MLS/MCS Systems only) SELinux Range for SELinux login mapping defaults to the SELinux user record range. SELinux Range for SELinux user defaults to s0.

EXAMPLE

Modify the default user on the system to the guest_u user
# semanage login -m -s guest_u __default__
Assign gijoe user on an MLS machine  a range and to the staff_u user
# semanage login -a -s staff_u -rSystemLow-Secret gijoe
Assign all users in the engineering group to the staff_u user
# semanage login -a -s staff_u %engineering

SEE ALSO

selinux(8), semanage(8), semanage-user(8)

AUTHOR

This man page was written by Daniel Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>

20130617