removable_context — The SELinux removable devices context configuration file

Description

This file contains the default label that should be used for removable devices.

selinux_removable_context_path(3) will return the active policy path to this file. The default removable context file is:

/etc/selinux/{SELINUXTYPE}/contexts/removable_context

Where {SELINUXTYPE} is the entry from the selinux configuration file config (see selinux_config(5)).

File Format

The file consists of a single line entry as follows:

user:role:type[:range]

Where:

user role type range

A user, role, type and optional range (for MCS/MLS) separated by colons (:) that will be applied to removable devices.

Example

# ./contexts/removable_contexts
system_u:object_r:removable_t:s0

See Also

selinux(8), selinux_removable_context_path(3), selinux_config(5)

Info

28-Nov-2011 Security Enhanced Linux SELinux configuration