file_t
type. This should be the only use of this type, so that files without a context on disk can be distinguished in policy, and generally kept inaccessible to confined domains. The file_t
type should not exist on correctly-labeled file systems, because all files on a system running SELinux should have an SELinux context, and the file_t
type is never used in file-context configuration[9].
default_t
type is used on files that do not match any other pattern in file-context configuration, so that such files can be distinguished from files that do not have a context on disk, and generally kept inaccessible to confined domains. If you create a new top-level directory, such as /mydirectory/
, this directory may be labeled with the default_t
type. If services need access to such a directory, update the file-contexts configuration for this location. Refer to Section 5.7.2, “Persistent Changes: semanage fcontext” for details on adding a context to the file-context configuration.
[9]
Files in /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/
define contexts for files and directories. Files in this directory are read by restorecon
and setfiles
to restore files and directories to their default contexts.