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authorKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>2017-05-13 04:51:44 -0700
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2017-05-18 10:31:30 -0600
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parentdoc: ReSTify and split LSM.txt (diff)
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doc: ReSTify SELinux.txt
Adjusts for ReST markup and moves under LSM admin guide. Cc: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/SELinux.rst (renamed from Documentation/security/SELinux.txt)18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/index.rst5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/security/00-INDEX2
-rw-r--r--MAINTAINERS1
-rw-r--r--scripts/selinux/README2
5 files changed, 19 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/security/SELinux.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/SELinux.rst
index 07eae00f3314..f722c9b4173a 100644
--- a/Documentation/security/SELinux.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/SELinux.rst
@@ -1,27 +1,33 @@
+=======
+SELinux
+=======
+
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
+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.
+ 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:
+ 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.
+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.
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/index.rst
index 7e892b9b58aa..cc0e04d63bf9 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/index.rst
@@ -29,3 +29,8 @@ will always include the capability module. The list reflects the
order in which checks are made. The capability module will always
be first, followed by any "minor" modules (e.g. Yama) and then
the one "major" module (e.g. SELinux) if there is one configured.
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+
+ SELinux
diff --git a/Documentation/security/00-INDEX b/Documentation/security/00-INDEX
index 190a023a7e72..aaa0195418b3 100644
--- a/Documentation/security/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/security/00-INDEX
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
00-INDEX
- this file.
-SELinux.txt
- - how to get started with the SELinux security enhancement.
Smack.txt
- documentation on the Smack Linux Security Module.
Yama.txt
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 752916d1461c..e0dabbfff283 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -11551,6 +11551,7 @@ S: Supported
F: include/linux/selinux*
F: security/selinux/
F: scripts/selinux/
+F: Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/SELinux.rst
APPARMOR SECURITY MODULE
M: John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>
diff --git a/scripts/selinux/README b/scripts/selinux/README
index 4d020ecb7524..5ba679c5be18 100644
--- a/scripts/selinux/README
+++ b/scripts/selinux/README
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Please see Documentation/security/SELinux.txt for information on
+Please see Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/SELinux.rst for information on
installing a dummy SELinux policy.