Bug 913191 – Old selinux man page and missing some additional info about switching the policy

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Bug 913191 - Old selinux man page and missing some additional info about switching the policy

Summary:	Old selinux man page and missing some additional info about switching the policy

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	man-pages-overrides (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	6.4
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	unspecified Severity medium
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	---
Assigned To:	Peter Schiffer
QA Contact:	Iveta Wiedermann
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Keywords:	ManPageChange, Patch

Depends On:	913184
Blocks:	1011145
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Reported:	2013-02-20 10:54 EST by Michal Trunecka
Modified:	2014-09-30 19:34 EDT (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Cause: outdated selinux(8) man page Consequence: outdated documentation Fix: update selinux(8) man page Result: current documentation
Story Points:	---
Clone Of:	913184
Environment:
Last Closed:	2013-11-21 17:56:02 EST
Type:	Bug
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Attachments	(Terms of Use)
selinux.8.patch (5.20 KB, patch) 2013-09-19 09:55 EDT, Peter Schiffer	no flags	Details \| Diff
selinux.8.patch (5.20 KB, patch) 2013-10-24 08:53 EDT, Peter Schiffer	no flags	Details \| Diff
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External Trackers
Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHBA-2013:1695	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	man-pages-overrides bug fix and enhancement update	2013-11-20 16:52:14 EST

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Description Michal Trunecka 2013-02-20 10:54:02 EST

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #913184 +++

Description of problem:

There are a few pieces of information in the selinux man page (man selinux) that aren't true any more:

"At present, two kinds of SELinux policy exist: targeted and strict."

"It is anticipated in the future that other policies will be created (Multi-Level Security for  example)."


and I also miss some additional information about switching the policy there. There is only stated that I can switch policy by changing the SELINUXTYPE value in /etc/selinux/config, but there is no information about when this change actually happen. I belive it is necessary to reboot the machine, but that is not mentioned there. Since a lot of tools takes the policy type from the config file, the system is in somewhat inconsistent state right after editing the configuration.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

# rpm -qf /usr/share/man/man8/selinux.8.gz
libselinux-utils-2.1.13-3.el7.x86_64

Comment 2 Peter Schiffer 2013-09-19 09:55:22 EDT

Created attachment 799958 [details]
selinux.8.patch

Comment 8 Peter Schiffer 2013-10-24 08:53:10 EDT

Created attachment 815764 [details]
selinux.8.patch

Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2013-11-21 17:56:02 EST

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1695.html

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