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299aa2a9c3Schristos.Dd February 25, 2016
309aa2a9c3Schristos.Dt POSIX1E 3
319aa2a9c3Schristos.Os
329aa2a9c3Schristos.Sh NAME
339aa2a9c3Schristos.Nm posix1e
349aa2a9c3Schristos.Nd introduction to the POSIX.1e security API
359aa2a9c3Schristos.Sh LIBRARY
369aa2a9c3Schristos.Lb libc
379aa2a9c3Schristos.Sh SYNOPSIS
389aa2a9c3Schristos.In sys/types.h
399aa2a9c3Schristos.In sys/acl.h
403d58360bSchristos.\" .In sys/mac.h
419aa2a9c3Schristos.Sh DESCRIPTION
429aa2a9c3SchristosPOSIX.1e describes five security extensions to the POSIX.1 API: Access
439aa2a9c3SchristosControl Lists (ACLs), Auditing, Capabilities, Mandatory Access Control, and
449aa2a9c3SchristosInformation Flow Labels.
459aa2a9c3SchristosWhile IEEE POSIX.1e D17 specification has not been standardized, several of
469aa2a9c3Schristosits interfaces are widely used.
479aa2a9c3Schristos.Pp
483d58360bSchristos.Nx
499aa2a9c3Schristosimplements POSIX.1e interface for access control lists, described in
509aa2a9c3Schristos.Xr acl 3 ,
519aa2a9c3Schristosand supports ACLs on the
529aa2a9c3Schristos.Xr ffs 7
539aa2a9c3Schristosfile system; ACLs must be administratively enabled using
543d58360bSchristos.Xr tunefs 8
553d58360bSchristosor via
563d58360bSchristos.Xr mount 8
573d58360bSchristosoptions.
589aa2a9c3Schristos.Pp
593d58360bSchristos.Nx
603d58360bSchristosdoes not implement the POSIX.1e mac, audit, privilege (capability),
613d58360bSchristosor information flow label APIs.
629aa2a9c3Schristos.Sh ENVIRONMENT
639aa2a9c3SchristosPOSIX.1e assigns security attributes to all objects, extending the security
649aa2a9c3Schristosfunctionality described in POSIX.1.
659aa2a9c3SchristosThese additional attributes store fine-grained discretionary access control
663d58360bSchristosinformation; for files, they are stored
679aa2a9c3Schristosin extended attributes, described in
689aa2a9c3Schristos.Xr extattr 3 .
699aa2a9c3Schristos.Pp
709aa2a9c3SchristosPOSIX.2c describes
719aa2a9c3Schristosa set of userland utilities for manipulating these attributes, including
729aa2a9c3Schristos.Xr getfacl 1
739aa2a9c3Schristosand
743d58360bSchristos.Xr setfacl 1 .
759aa2a9c3Schristos.Sh SEE ALSO
769aa2a9c3Schristos.Xr getfacl 1 ,
779aa2a9c3Schristos.Xr setfacl 1 ,
789aa2a9c3Schristos.Xr acl 3 ,
799aa2a9c3Schristos.Xr extattr 3 ,
809aa2a9c3Schristos.Xr ffs 7 ,
819aa2a9c3Schristos.Xr tunefs 8 ,
829aa2a9c3Schristos.Xr acl 9 ,
833d58360bSchristos.Xr extattr 9
849aa2a9c3Schristos.Sh STANDARDS
859aa2a9c3SchristosPOSIX.1e is described in IEEE POSIX.1e draft 17.
869aa2a9c3Schristos.Sh HISTORY
879aa2a9c3SchristosPOSIX.1e support was introduced in
883d58360bSchristos.Nx 10.0 .
899aa2a9c3Schristos.Sh AUTHORS
909aa2a9c3Schristos.An Robert N M Watson
919aa2a9c3Schristos.An Chris D. Faulhaber
929aa2a9c3Schristos.An Thomas Moestl
939aa2a9c3Schristos.An Ilmar S Habibulin
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