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AUDIT2ALLOW(1)			      NSA			AUDIT2ALLOW(1)

NAME
       audit2allow  -  generate SELinux policy allow/dontaudit rules from logs
       of denied operations

       audit2why - translates SELinux audit messages into a description of why
       the access was denied (audit2allow -w)

SYNOPSIS
       audit2allow [options]

OPTIONS
       -a | --all
	      Read input from audit and message log, conflicts with -i

       -b | --boot
	      Read input from audit messages since last boot conflicts with -i

       -d | --dmesg
	      Read  input from output of /bin/dmesg.  Note that all audit mes‐
	      sages are not available via dmesg when auditd  is	 running;  use
	      "ausearch -m avc | audit2allow"  or "-a" instead.

       -D | --dontaudit
	      Generate dontaudit rules (Default: allow)

       -h | --help
	      Print a short usage message

       -i  <inputfile> | --input <inputfile>
	      read input from <inputfile>

       -l | --lastreload
	      read input only after last policy reload

       -m <modulename> | --module <modulename>
	      Generate module/require output <modulename>

       -M <modulename>
	      Generate loadable module package, conflicts with -o

       -p <policyfile> | --policy <policyfile>
	      Policy file to use for analysis

       -o <outputfile> | --output <outputfile>
	      append output to <outputfile>

       -r | --requires
	      Generate require output syntax for loadable modules.

       -N | --noreference
	      Do not generate reference policy, traditional style allow rules.
	      This is the default behavior.

       -R | --reference
	      Generate reference policy using installed macros.	 This attempts
	      to match denials against interfaces and may be inaccurate.

       -w | --why
	      Translates  SELinux audit messages into a description of why the
	      access was denied

       -v | --verbose
	      Turn on verbose output

DESCRIPTION
       This utility scans the logs for messages logged when the system	denied
       permission  for	operations,  and  generates  a snippet of policy rules
       which, if loaded into policy, might have allowed	 those	operations  to
       succeed.	 However,  this	 utility  only generates Type Enforcement (TE)
       allow rules.  Certain permission denials may  require  other  kinds  of
       policy  changes, e.g. adding an attribute to a type declaration to sat‐
       isfy an existing constraint, adding a role allow rule, or  modifying  a
       constraint.   The audit2why(8) utility may be used to diagnose the rea‐
       son when it is unclear.

       Care must be exercised while acting on the output of  this  utility  to
       ensure  that  the  operations  being  permitted	do not pose a security
       threat. Often it is better to define new domains and/or types, or  make
       other structural changes to narrowly allow an optimal set of operations
       to succeed, as opposed to  blindly  implementing	 the  sometimes	 broad
       changes	recommended  by this utility.	Certain permission denials are
       not fatal to the application, in which case it  may  be	preferable  to
       simply  suppress	 logging  of  the denial via a 'dontaudit' rule rather
       than an 'allow' rule.

EXAMPLE
       NOTE: These examples are for systems using the audit package. If you do
       not use the audit package, the AVC messages will be in /var/log/messages.
       Please substitute /var/log/messages for /var/log/audit/audit.log in the
       examples.

       Using audit2allow to generate module policy

       $ cat /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -m local > local.te
       $ cat local.te
       module local 1.0;

       require {
	       class file {  getattr open read };

	       type myapp_t;
	       type etc_t;
	};

       allow myapp_t etc_t:file { getattr open read };
       <review local.te and customize as desired>

       Using audit2allow to generate module policy using reference policy

       $ cat /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -R -m local > local.te
       $ cat local.te
       policy_module(local, 1.0)

       gen_require(`
	       type myapp_t;
	       type etc_t;
	};

       files_read_etc_files(myapp_t)
       <review local.te and customize as desired>

       Building module policy using Makefile

       # SELinux provides a policy devel environment under /usr/share/selinux/devel
       # You can create a te file and compile it by executing
       $ make -f /usr/share/selinux/devel/Makefile
       $ semodule -i local.pp

       Building module policy manually

       # Compile the module
       $ checkmodule -M -m -o local.mod local.te
       # Create the package
       $ semodule_package -o local.pp -m local.mod
       # Load the module into the kernel
       $ semodule -i local.pp

       Using audit2allow to generate and build module policy
       $ cat /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M local
       Generating type enforcment file: local.te
       Compiling policy: checkmodule -M -m -o local.mod local.te
       Building package: semodule_package -o local.pp -m local.mod

       ******************** IMPORTANT ***********************

       In order to load this newly created policy package into the kernel,
       you are required to execute

       semodule -i local.pp

       Using audit2allow to generate monolithic (non-module) policy
       $ cd /etc/selinux/$SELINUXTYPE/src/policy
       $ cat /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow >> domains/misc/local.te
       $ cat domains/misc/local.te
       allow cupsd_config_t unconfined_t:fifo_file { getattr ioctl };
       <review domains/misc/local.te and customize as desired>
       $ make load

AUTHOR
       This manual page was written by Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>,
       for   the  Debian  GNU/Linux  system.  It  was  updated	by  Dan	 Walsh
       <dwalsh@redhat.com>

       The audit2allow utility has contributions from several people,  includ‐
       ing Justin R. Smith and Yuichi Nakamura.	 and Dan Walsh

Security Enhanced Linux		 October 2010			AUDIT2ALLOW(1)
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