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Mastering Linux Security and Hardening - Second Edition
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Mastering Linux Security and Hardening - Second Edition

by Donald A. Tevault
February 2020
Intermediate to advanced
666 pages
15h 45m
English
Packt Publishing
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Hands-on lab – SELinux type enforcement

In this lab, you'll install the Apache web server and the appropriate SELinux tools. You'll then view the effects of having the wrong SELinux type assigned to a web content file if you're ready, let's go:

  1. Install Apache, along with all the required SELinux tools on CentOS 7:
sudo yum install httpd setroubleshoot setools policycoreutils policycoreutils-python

On CentOS 8, use the following command:

sudo dnf install httpd setroubleshoot setools policycoreutils policycoreutils-python-utils
  1. Activate setroubleshoot by restarting the auditd service:
sudo service auditd restart
  1. Enable and start the Apache service and open port 80 on the firewall:
sudo systemctl enable --now httpdsudo firewall-cmd --permanent ...
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