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author | rwatson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-04-20 03:18:44 +0000 |
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committer | rwatson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-04-20 03:18:44 +0000 |
commit | 1cc1eff16446363cd5a260a5d551505fa5692016 (patch) | |
tree | 114e0792b4516f050d02278fb02a5c637cd86461 /lib/libc | |
parent | 594a41d2131bf51065c768eb009ae485224775c3 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-1cc1eff16446363cd5a260a5d551505fa5692016.zip FreeBSD-src-1cc1eff16446363cd5a260a5d551505fa5692016.tar.gz |
Add a man page for the mac.conf MAC library configuration file.
Obtained from: TrustedBSD Project
Sponsored by: DARPA, Network Associates Laboratories
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/posix1e/Makefile.inc | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/posix1e/mac.conf.5 | 104 |
2 files changed, 105 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/posix1e/Makefile.inc b/lib/libc/posix1e/Makefile.inc index 1aba030..b502255 100644 --- a/lib/libc/posix1e/Makefile.inc +++ b/lib/libc/posix1e/Makefile.inc @@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ MAN+= acl.3 \ acl_valid.3 \ extattr.3 \ mac.3 \ + mac.conf.5 \ mac_free.3 \ mac_is_present_np.3 \ mac_get.3 \ diff --git a/lib/libc/posix1e/mac.conf.5 b/lib/libc/posix1e/mac.conf.5 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..caef2ca --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/posix1e/mac.conf.5 @@ -0,0 +1,104 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Networks Associates Technology, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This software was developed for the FreeBSD Project in part by Network +.\" Associates Laboratories, the Security Research Division of Network +.\" Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 ("CBOSS"), +.\" as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd April 19, 2003 +.Dt MAC.CONF 5 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm mac.conf +.Nd Format of the MAC library configuration file +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +file configures the default label elements to be used by policy-agnostic +applications that operate on MAC labels. +.Nm +contains a series of default label sets specified by object class, +in addition to blank lines and comments preceded by a +.Dv # +symbol. +.Pp +Each declaration consists of a single line with two fields separated +by white space: the object class name, and a list of label elements +as used by the +.Xr mac_prepare 3 +library calls prior to an application invocation of a function from +.Xr mac_get 3 . +Label element names may optionally begin with a +.Dv ? +symbol to indicate that a failure to retrieve the label element for +an object should be silently ignored, and improves usability if the +set of MAC policies may change over time. +.Sh EXAMPLES +The following example configures user applications to operate with +four MAC policies: +.Xr mac_biba 4 , +.Xr mac_mls 4 , +SEBSD, +and +.Xr mac_partition 4 . +.Bd -literal -offset indent +# +# Default label set to be used by simple MAC applications +# + +default_file_labels ?biba,?mls,?sebsd +default_ifnet_labels ?biba,?mls,?sebsd +default_process_labels ?biba,?mls,partition,?sebsd +.Ed +In this example, userland applications will attempt to retrieve Biba, +MLS, and SEBSD labels for all object classes; for processes, they will +additionally attempt to retrieve a Partition identifier. +In all cases except the Partition identifier, failure to retrieve a +label due to the respective policy not being present will be ignored. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr mac_get 3 , +.Xr mac_prepare 3 , +.Xr mac 3 , +.Xr mac 4 , +.Xr mac 9 +.Sh HISTORY +Support for Mandatory Access Control was introduced in +.Fx 5.0 +as part of the +.Tn TrustedBSD +Project. +.Sh BUGS +The +.Tn TrustedBSD +MAC Framework and associated policies, interfaces, and +applications are considered to be an experimental feature in +.Fx . +Sites considering production deployment should keep the experimental +status of these services in mind during any deployment process. +See also +.Xr mac 9 +for related considerations regarding the kernel framework. |