SE Linux Administration Tutorial

Russell Coker

Basic SE Linux Installation

Fedora Core 3, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, and above have SE Linux as a standard feature.

For a basic SE Linux install just select the default options for Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

This installs the “targeted” policy, for Fedora we can install the “strict” policy via yum, for RHEL the “strict” policy can be downloaded from the Red Hat web site.

Overview of the Tutorial

The tutorial aims at covering the basic aspects of SE Linux administration. Adding users, changing contexts of files, etc.

Covered at a low level, interfaces to the kernel and data storage on disk. The aim is that the administrator should know how things work at a low level so that they can fix them when they break. The last thing you want is to have to learn this at 3AM when things break!

Hardware Requirements

Any hardware which can run Fedora will do. I often use P3-800 class machines because they are relatively cheap and reasonably powerful.

I have configuration files for automatic installation of a network of machines that are available on request and will eventually publish an article on how to do this.

Running a Tutorial

My original plan was to have a network of machines available here to run a tutorial, but this plan had to be changed.

I have setup my tutorial such that it can be run over the Internet. The primary support channel for SE Linux is the #selinux channel on irc.freenode.net.

Australia is 10 hours ahead of Poland, as I often work late it will be convenient for Polish people to talk to me on IRC.

If someone arranges a group SE Linux training event and tells me the time and day with plenty of notice I will be available to answer questions on IRC.

Conclusion

Complete tutorial notes will be available next week on http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/

Questions?

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