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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2017-07-03 21:13:25 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2017-07-03 21:13:25 -0700 |
| commit | 650fc870a2ef35b83397eebd35b8c8df211bff78 (patch) | |
| tree | 14a293fa894d0f166aa60f1f5ca672a2bdb312c0 /Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/apparmor.rst | |
| parent | f4dd029ee0b92b77769a1ac6dce03e829e74763e (diff) | |
| parent | 1cb566ba5634d7593b8b2a0a5c83f1c9e14b2e09 (diff) | |
| download | linux-650fc870a2ef35b83397eebd35b8c8df211bff78.tar.bz2 | |
Merge tag 'docs-4.13' of git://git.lwn.net/linux
Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet:
"There has been a fair amount of activity in the docs tree this time
around. Highlights include:
- Conversion of a bunch of security documentation into RST
- The conversion of the remaining DocBook templates by The Amazing
Mauro Machine. We can now drop the entire DocBook build chain.
- The usual collection of fixes and minor updates"
* tag 'docs-4.13' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (90 commits)
scripts/kernel-doc: handle DECLARE_HASHTABLE
Documentation: atomic_ops.txt is core-api/atomic_ops.rst
Docs: clean up some DocBook loose ends
Make the main documentation title less Geocities
Docs: Use kernel-figure in vidioc-g-selection.rst
Docs: fix table problems in ras.rst
Docs: Fix breakage with Sphinx 1.5 and upper
Docs: Include the Latex "ifthen" package
doc/kokr/howto: Only send regression fixes after -rc1
docs-rst: fix broken links to dynamic-debug-howto in kernel-parameters
doc: Document suitability of IBM Verse for kernel development
Doc: fix a markup error in coding-style.rst
docs: driver-api: i2c: remove some outdated information
Documentation: DMA API: fix a typo in a function name
Docs: Insert missing space to separate link from text
doc/ko_KR/memory-barriers: Update control-dependencies example
Documentation, kbuild: fix typo "minimun" -> "minimum"
docs: Fix some formatting issues in request-key.rst
doc: ReSTify keys-trusted-encrypted.txt
doc: ReSTify keys-request-key.txt
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/apparmor.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/apparmor.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..3e9734bd0e05 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/apparmor.rst @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +======== +AppArmor +======== + +What is AppArmor? +================= + +AppArmor is MAC style security extension for the Linux kernel. It implements +a task centered policy, with task "profiles" being created and loaded +from user space. Tasks on the system that do not have a profile defined for +them run in an unconfined state which is equivalent to standard Linux DAC +permissions. + +How to enable/disable +===================== + +set ``CONFIG_SECURITY_APPARMOR=y`` + +If AppArmor should be selected as the default security module then set:: + + CONFIG_DEFAULT_SECURITY="apparmor" + CONFIG_SECURITY_APPARMOR_BOOTPARAM_VALUE=1 + +Build the kernel + +If AppArmor is not the default security module it can be enabled by passing +``security=apparmor`` on the kernel's command line. + +If AppArmor is the default security module it can be disabled by passing +``apparmor=0, security=XXXX`` (where ``XXXX`` is valid security module), on the +kernel's command line. + +For AppArmor to enforce any restrictions beyond standard Linux DAC permissions +policy must be loaded into the kernel from user space (see the Documentation +and tools links). + +Documentation +============= + +Documentation can be found on the wiki, linked below. + +Links +===== + +Mailing List - apparmor@lists.ubuntu.com + +Wiki - http://apparmor.wiki.kernel.org/ + +User space tools - https://launchpad.net/apparmor + +Kernel module - git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jj/apparmor-dev.git |