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virtual_image_context(5)                        SELinux configuration                        virtual_image_context(5)



NAME
       virtual_image_context - The SELinux virtual machine image context configuration file

DESCRIPTION
       The  virtual_image_context  file  contains a list of image contexts for use by the SELinux-aware virtulization
       API libvirt (see libvirtd(8)).

       selinux_virtual_image_context_path(3) will return the active policy path to this  file.  The  default  virtual
       image context file is:
              /etc/selinux/{SELINUXTYPE}/contexts/virtual_image_context

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

FILE FORMAT
       Each line in the file consists of an 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 can be used as
                     a virtual image context.

EXAMPLE
       # ./contexts/virtual_image_context
       system_u:object_r:svirt_image_t:s0
       system_u:object_r:svirt_content_t:s0

SEE ALSO
       selinux(8), libvirtd(8), selinux_virtual_image_context_path(3), selinux_config(5)



Security Enhanced Linux                              28-Nov-2011                             virtual_image_context(5)