booleans(5)						       SELinux configuration						       booleans(5)

NAME

       booleans - The SELinux booleans configuration files

DESCRIPTION

       The booleans file, if present contains booleans to support a specific distribution.

       The booleans.local file, if present contains locally generated booleans.

       Both files contain a list of boolean names and their associated values.

       Generally the booleans and/or booleans.local files are not present (they have been deprecated). However if there is an SELinux-aware appli-
       cation that uses the libselinux functions listed below, then these files may be present:

	      security_set_boolean_list(3)
		     Writes a booleans.local file if flag permanent = 1.

	      security_load_booleans(3)
		     Looks for a booleans and/or booleans.local file at selinux_booleans_path(3) unless a specific path is specified as a  parame-
		     ter.

       booleans(8) has details on booleans and setsebool(8) describes how booleans can now be set persistent across reboots.

       selinux_booleans_path(3) will return the active policy path to these files. The default boolean files are:
	      /etc/selinux/{SELINUXTYPE}/booleans
	      /etc/selinux/{SELINUXTYPE}/booleans.local

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

FILE FORMAT

       Both boolean files have the same format and contain one or more boolean names and their value.

       The format is:
	      boolean_name value

       Where:
	      boolean_name
		     The name of the boolean.
	      value
		     The default setting for the boolean. This can be one of the following:
			    true | false | 1 | 0

       Note  that  if SETLOCALDEFS is set in the SELinux config file (see selinux_config(5)), then selinux_mkload_policy(3) will check for a bool-
       eans.local file in the selinux_booleans_path(3) and also a local.users file (see local.users(5)) in the selinux_users_path(3).

SEE ALSO

       selinux(8), booleans(8), setsebool(8), semanage(8), selinux_booleans_path(3), security_set_boolean_list(3), security_load_booleans(3),
       selinux_mkload_policy(3), selinux_users_path(3), selinux_config(5), local.users(5)

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