NAME

       failsafe_context - The SELinux fail safe context configuration file

DESCRIPTION

       The  failsafe_context  file  allows  SELinux-aware applications such as PAM(8) to obtain a
       known valid login context for an administrator if no valid default entries  can  be  found
       elsewhere.

       selinux_failsafe_context_path(3)  will  return  the  active  policy path to this file. The
       default failsafe context file is:
              /etc/selinux/{SELINUXTYPE}/contexts/failsafe_context

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

       The following functions read this file from the active policy path if they cannot obtain a
       default context:
              get_default_context(3)
              get_ordered_context_list(3)
              get_ordered_context_list_with_level(3)
              get_default_context_with_level(3)
              get_default_context_with_role(3)
              get_default_context_with_rolelevel(3)
              query_user_context(3)
              manual_user_enter_context(3)

FILE FORMAT

       The file consists of a single line entry as follows:
              role:type[:range]

       Where:
              role type range
                     A role, type and optional range (for MCS/MLS), separated by  colons  (:)  to
                     form  a  valid  login  process  context  for  an administrator to access the
                     system.

EXAMPLE

       # ./contexts/failsafe_context
       unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0

SEE ALSO

       selinux(8), selinux_failsafe_context_path(3), PAM(8), selinux_default_type_path(3),
       get_default_context(3), get_ordered_context_list(3),
       get_ordered_context_list_with_level(3), get_default_context_with_level(3),
       get_default_context_with_role(3), get_default_context_with_rolelevel(3),
       query_user_context(3), manual_user_enter_context(3), selinux_config(5)