diff --exclude-from=exclude -N -u -r nsalibselinux/man/man8/selinux.8 libselinux-1.23.10/man/man8/selinux.8 --- nsalibselinux/man/man8/selinux.8 2004-11-02 14:26:19.000000000 -0500 +++ libselinux-1.23.10/man/man8/selinux.8 2005-04-29 14:58:05.000000000 -0400 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH "selinux" "8" "11 Aug 2004" "dwalsh@redhat.com" "SELinux Command Line documentation" +.TH "selinux" "8" "29 Apr 2005" "dwalsh@redhat.com" "SELinux Command Line documentation" .SH "NAME" selinux \- NSA Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) @@ -62,11 +62,22 @@ .B system-config-securitylevel allows customization of these booleans and tunables. +.br +Many domains that are protected by SELinux also include selinux man pages explainging how to customize their policy. + +.SH FILE LABELING + +All files, directories, devices ... have a security context/label associated with them. These context are stored in the extended attributes of the file system. +Problems with SELinux often arise from the file system being mislabeled. This can be caused by booting the machine with a non selinux kernel. If you see an error message containing file_t, that is usually a good indicator that you have a serious problem with file system labeling. +.br +The best way to relabel the file system is to create the flag file /.autorelabel and reboot. system-config-securitylevel, also has this capability. The restorcon/fixfiles commands are also available for relabeling files. + .SH AUTHOR This manual page was written by Dan Walsh . .SH "SEE ALSO" -booleans(8), setsebool(8), selinuxenabled(8), togglesebool(8) +booleans(8), setsebool(8), selinuxenabled(8), togglesebool(8), restorecon(8), setfiles(8), ftpd_selinux(8), named_selinux(8), rsync_selinux(8), httpd_selinux(8), nfs_selinux(8), samba_selinux(8), kerberos_selinux(8), nis_selinux(8), ypbind_selinux(8) + .SH FILES /etc/selinux/config