removable_context(5)

removable_context5

The selinux removable devices context configuration file

Overview

This file contains the default label that should be used for removable devices.

selinux_removable_context_path(3) will return the active policy path to this file. The default removable context file is:

/etc/selinux/{SELINUXTYPE}/contexts/removable_context

Where {SELINUXTYPE} is the entry from the selinux configuration file config (see selinux_config(5)).

File format

The file consists of a single line entry as follows:

user:role:type[:range]

Where:

user role type range

A user, role, type and optional range (for MCS/MLS) separated by colons (:) that will be applied to removable devices.

Examples

# ./contexts/removable_contexts
system_u:object_r:removable_t:s0

Releases

7 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 7
  2. 8–9
  3. 10–13

From selinux-utils 3.8.1-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.