failsafe_context5
The selinux fail safe context configuration file
Overview
The failsafe_context file allows SELinux-aware applications such as PAM(8) to obtain a known valid login context for an administrator if no valid default entries can be found elsewhere.
selinux_failsafe_context_path(3) will return the active policy path to this file. The default failsafe context file is:
/etc/selinux/{SELINUXTYPE}/contexts/failsafe_context
Where {SELINUXTYPE} is the entry from the selinux configuration file config (see selinux_config(5)).
The following functions read this file from the active policy path if they cannot obtain a default context:
File format
The file consists of a single line entry as follows:
role:type[:range]
Where:
role type range
A role, type and optional range (for MCS/MLS), separated by colons (:) to form a valid login process context for an administrator to access the system.
Examples
# ./contexts/failsafe_context
unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0
Releases
7 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 1 time.