On 11/2/19 8:53 AM, zer0__0ne(a)outlook.com wrote:
Hi Lukas
Thanks for the reply. I am following 'SELinux Cookbook' following is an excerpt
from the book
"The location of the interface definitions
Whenever an SELinux policy module is built, the build system sources all interface files
it finds at the following locations:
• /usr /share/selinux/mcs/include/* or /usr/share/selinux/devel/include/* (depending on
the Linux distribution)
• The current working directory
The first location is where the interface files of all the SELinux modules provided by
the Linux distribution are stored. The files are Inside sub dIrectories named after
particular categories (the reference policy calls these layers, but this is only used to
make some structure amongst the definitions, nothing else) such as contrib/, system/, and
roles/.
For local development of SELinux policies, this location is usually not writable. If we
develop our own policy modules, then this would mean that none of the locally managed
SELinux policy files can use interfaces of the other local interface files. The Makefile
file, therefore, also sources all interface files it finds in the current working
directory.
"
According to the above If I am developing two policies a and b (b uses a's
interface)
a.pp from sources a.if, a.te, a.fc
b.pp from sources b.if, b.te, b.fc, a.if
When I run make to compile b.pp make fails with error at b.te pointing to domtrans macro
of a.if . However if I copy all of a's sources along with a.if then I am able to
compile b.pp Is this expected?
Hi,
Let's describe it on the following example:
You have 2 policies:
A: a.te, a.fc, a.if
B: b.te, b.fc, b.if
You successfully compile SELinux sources to SELinux module A.pp using:
# /usr/share/selinux/devel/Makefile a.pp
Because A policy uses only system interfaces
(/usr/share/selinux/devel/include).
But B policy uses also macro defined in a.if + system interfaces defined
in (/usr/share/selinux/devel/include), during compilation all macros
needs to be extracted and these macros are searched in
/usr/share/selinux/devel/include and current directory. As you mentioned
from SELinux cookbook.
So yes, if you're compiling B policy, you needs to have a.if interface
file in one directory with B policy sources.
Is this clear or I missing something in your question?
Thanks,
Lukas.
If only a.if file is required to how does the a.if file types
get's resolved when trying to compile b.pp or it doesn't get resolved? Is there an
online example where one policy uses the interface file of another policy?
zer0 0ne
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