Security-Enhanced Linux secures the iptables processes via flexible mandatory access control.
If you want to allow dhcpc client applications to execute iptables commands, you must turn on the dhcpc_exec_iptables boolean.
setsebool -P dhcpc_exec_iptables 1
If you want to allow users to resolve user passwd entries directly from ldap rather then using a sssd serve for the iptables_t, you must turn on the authlogin_nsswitch_use_ldap boolean.
setsebool -P authlogin_nsswitch_use_ldap 1
If you want to allow confined applications to run with kerberos for the iptables_t, you must turn on the kerberos_enabled boolean.
setsebool -P kerberos_enabled 1
You can see the context of a file using the -Z option to lsP Policy governs the access confined processes have to these files. SELinux iptables policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their iptables processes in as secure a method as possible.
The following file types are defined for iptables:
iptables_exec_t
- Set files with the iptables_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the iptables_t domain.
iptables_initrc_exec_t
- Set files with the iptables_initrc_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the iptables_initrc_t domain.
iptables_tmp_t
- Set files with the iptables_tmp_t type, if you want to store iptables temporary files in the /tmp directories.
iptables_unit_file_t
- Set files with the iptables_unit_file_t type, if you want to treat the files as iptables unit content.
iptables_var_run_t
- Set files with the iptables_var_run_t type, if you want to store the iptables files under the /run directory.
Note: File context can be temporarily modified with the chcon command. If you want to permanently change the file context you need to use the semanage fcontext command. This will modify the SELinux labeling database. You will need to use restorecon to apply the labels.
You can see the context of a process using the -Z option to psP Policy governs the access confined processes have to files. SELinux iptables policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their iptables processes in as secure a method as possible.
The following process types are defined for iptables:
iptables_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.
The SELinux user type iptables_