Is SELinux available for Ubuntu ?

Joel Bryan Juliano joelbryan.juliano at gmail.com
Tue Feb 13 03:23:25 UTC 2007


On 2/13/07, Bruno <pubmb02 at skynet.be> wrote:
> On Monday 12 February 2007 18:13:17 Bruno Costacurta wrote:
> > On Monday 12 February 2007 16:20, Joel Bryan Juliano wrote:
> > > On 2/12/07, Bruno Costacurta <pubmb01 at skynet.be> wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > is SELinux available for Ubuntu ?
> > > > Are there some packages ? Which ?
> > > >
> > > > Apparently package 'selinux-policy-default' is broken...
> > >
> > > Yes, it's available in Ubuntu, but currently the targeted policy only
> > > works well on "permissive" mode. I think enforcing policy will work if
> > > there's a custom policy, specifically for Ubuntu.
> > >
> > > you would have to install the specific policy, since
> > > selinux-policy-default is a metapackage of selinux-basics and
> > > selinux-policy-targeted.
> > >
> > > Then relabel the system (i.e $ relabel /, or touch /.autorelabel and
> > > reboot)
> > >
> > > BTW, some say permissive mode does not do something on the system. I
> > > tried installing beagle with permissive mode, and it failed, since
> > > chage is disallowed to change user priorities.
> > >
> > > Another is try running X on a chroot environment, (LiveCD with $ cd
> > > dev && MAKEDEV generic), and the themes doesn't apply.
> > >
> > > I think permissive mode does have effects.
> > >
> > > > .
> > > > sudo apt-get install selinux-policy-default
> > > > Reading package lists... Done
> > > > Building dependency tree
> > > > Reading state information... Done
> > > > The following NEW packages will be installed:
> > > > selinux-policy-default
> > > > ...etc...
> > > >  /usr/sbin/load_policy:  Can't load policy:  No such file or directory
> > > > make: *** [tmp/load] Error 2
> > > > .
> > > >
> > > > Many thanks for any clue.
> > > > Bye,
> > > > Bruno
> > > >
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> >
> > I installed package 'selinux-basics', make relabel and add selinux=1 as a
> > kernel parameter in the grub boot and reboot.
> > However getenforce allways return disabled.
> > How to enabled SElinux in permissive mode ?
> >
> > Note : I have the feeling that SELinux is not started :  touch
> > /.autorelabel is not working as file strangely remains in place after
> > reboot.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bruno
>
> It seems that SELinux is in fact started as showed in /var/log/messages :
> ...
> Kernel command line: root=UUID=29479c95-3dbf-490f-b943-be016b9db02a ro quiet
> splash selinux=1
> SELinux:  Initializing.
> SELinux:  Starting in permissive mode
> SELinux:  Registering netfilter hooks
> selinux_register_security:  Registering secondary module capability
> ...
> but getenforce return disabled which tends to show that SELinux start does'nt
> complete.
>
>
> Bye,
> Bruno
>

Make sure you have policycoreutils and checkpolicy installed,

I have the similar problem before on Selinux, I solved it by

1. --purging the entire selinux installation
2. Install policycoreutils, selinux-refpolicy-targeted, and lastly
install selinux-policy-basic. Then relabel.

I'm also trying to make a policy that would work on enforcing mode.
Currently, the selinux-policy-targeted can work with enforcing mode if
some daemons is to be turned off (syslogd), and must boot the kernel
in read-write, I also set the fsck to autofix=yes.

I hope this helps,
Joel

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