Lately, I have been trying to make Apache server to listen to a different port other than it’s default port i.e 80. Once I made the necessary configurations and allowed the custom port via firewall, the apache server still refused to listen on the custom port. After a bit of googling, I figured out SELinux doesn’t allow the port, so I ran the following command to make the Apache server to listen on the different port.
Here, 8090 is port that I want Apache server to listen.
But it threw the following erro
semanage port -a -t ftp_port_t -p tcp 8090
Here, 8090 is port that I want Apache server to listen.
But it threw the following error:
-bash: semanage: command not found
I have no idea which package would provide ‘semanage’ command.
So, let us enter the following commands to figure out which package will provide this command.
yum provides /usr/sbin/semanage
Sample output:
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Determining fastest mirrors
* base: mirror.nbrc.ac.in
* extras: mirror.nbrc.ac.in
* updates: mirror.nbrc.ac.in
policycoreutils-python-2.2.5-11.el7.x86_64 : SELinux policy core python
: utilities
Repo : base
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/sbin/semanage
policycoreutils-python-2.2.5-11.el7_0.1.x86_64 : SELinux policy core python
: utilities
Repo : updates
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/sbin/semanage
Or,
yum whatprovides /usr/sbin/semanage
Sample output:
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirror.nbrc.ac.in
* extras: mirror.nbrc.ac.in
* updates: mirror.nbrc.ac.in
policycoreutils-python-2.2.5-11.el7.x86_64 : SELinux policy core python
: utilities
Repo : base
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/sbin/semanage
policycoreutils-python-2.2.5-11.el7_0.1.x86_64 : SELinux policy core python
: utilities
Repo : updates
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/sbin/semanage
As you see in the above output, we need to install the package policycoreutils-python-2.2.5-11.el7_0.1.x86_64 in order to use ‘semanage’ command.
so, let us install policycoreutils-python-2.2.5-11.el7_0.1.x86_64 package using command:
yum install policycoreutils-python
Sample output:
================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
================================================================================
Installing:
policycoreutils-python x86_64 2.2.5-20.el7 base 435 k
Installing for dependencies:
audit-libs-python x86_64 2.4.1-5.el7 base 69 k
checkpolicy x86_64 2.1.12-6.el7 base 247 k
libcgroup x86_64 0.41-8.el7 base 64 k
libsemanage-python x86_64 2.1.10-18.el7 base 94 k
python-IPy noarch 0.75-6.el7 base 32 k
setools-libs x86_64 3.3.7-46.el7 base 485 k
Updating for dependencies:
audit x86_64 2.4.1-5.el7 base 234 k
audit-libs x86_64 2.4.1-5.el7 base 80 k
libsemanage x86_64 2.1.10-18.el7 base 123 k
policycoreutils x86_64 2.2.5-20.el7 base 803 k
Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install 1 Package (+6 Dependent packages)
Upgrade ( 4 Dependent packages)
Total download size: 2.6 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
Downloading packages:
Delta RPMs disabled because /usr/bin/applydeltarpm not installed.
(1/11): audit-libs-2.4.1-5.el7.x86_64.rpm | 80 kB 00:02
(2/11): audit-libs-python-2.4.1-5.el7.x86_64.rpm | 69 kB 00:02
(3/11): checkpolicy-2.1.12-6.el7.x86_64.rpm | 247 kB 00:02
(4/11): libsemanage-2.1.10-18.el7.x86_64.rpm | 123 kB 00:01
(5/11): audit-2.4.1-5.el7.x86_64.rpm | 234 kB 00:04
(6/11): libsemanage-python-2.1.10-18.el7.x86_64.rpm | 94 kB 00:02
(7/11): policycoreutils-python-2.2.5-20.el7.x86_64.rpm | 435 kB 00:03
(8/11): python-IPy-0.75-6.el7.noarch.rpm | 32 kB 00:02
(9/11): setools-libs-3.3.7-46.el7.x86_64.rpm | 485 kB 00:08
(10/11): policycoreutils-2.2.5-20.el7.x86_64.rpm | 803 kB 00:10
(11/11): libcgroup-0.41-8.el7.x86_64.rpm | 64 kB 00:37
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Total 71 kB/s | 2.6 MB 00:37
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
Updating : audit-libs-2.4.1-5.el7.x86_64 1/15
Updating : libsemanage-2.1.10-18.el7.x86_64 2/15
Updating : policycoreutils-2.2.5-20.el7.x86_64 3/15
Installing : libsemanage-python-2.1.10-18.el7.x86_64 4/15
Installing : audit-libs-python-2.4.1-5.el7.x86_64 5/15
Installing : python-IPy-0.75-6.el7.noarch 6/15
Installing : checkpolicy-2.1.12-6.el7.x86_64 7/15
Installing : libcgroup-0.41-8.el7.x86_64 8/15
Installing : setools-libs-3.3.7-46.el7.x86_64 9/15
Installing : policycoreutils-python-2.2.5-20.el7.x86_64 10/15
Updating : audit-2.4.1-5.el7.x86_64 11/15
Cleanup : policycoreutils-2.2.5-11.el7_0.1.x86_64 12/15
Cleanup : libsemanage-2.1.10-16.el7.x86_64 13/15
Cleanup : audit-2.3.3-4.el7.x86_64 14/15
Cleanup : audit-libs-2.3.3-4.el7.x86_64 15/15
Verifying : setools-libs-3.3.7-46.el7.x86_64 1/15
Verifying : libsemanage-2.1.10-18.el7.x86_64 2/15
Verifying : libcgroup-0.41-8.el7.x86_64 3/15
Verifying : checkpolicy-2.1.12-6.el7.x86_64 4/15
Verifying : policycoreutils-2.2.5-20.el7.x86_64 5/15
Verifying : python-IPy-0.75-6.el7.noarch 6/15
Verifying : audit-libs-2.4.1-5.el7.x86_64 7/15
Verifying : libsemanage-python-2.1.10-18.el7.x86_64 8/15
Verifying : audit-2.4.1-5.el7.x86_64 9/15
Verifying : policycoreutils-python-2.2.5-20.el7.x86_64 10/15
Verifying : audit-libs-python-2.4.1-5.el7.x86_64 11/15
Verifying : audit-libs-2.3.3-4.el7.x86_64 12/15
Verifying : policycoreutils-2.2.5-11.el7_0.1.x86_64 13/15
Verifying : libsemanage-2.1.10-16.el7.x86_64 14/15
Verifying : audit-2.3.3-4.el7.x86_64 15/15
Installed:
policycoreutils-python.x86_64 0:2.2.5-20.el7
Dependency Installed:
audit-libs-python.x86_64 0:2.4.1-5.el7
checkpolicy.x86_64 0:2.1.12-6.el7
libcgroup.x86_64 0:0.41-8.el7
libsemanage-python.x86_64 0:2.1.10-18.el7
python-IPy.noarch 0:0.75-6.el7
setools-libs.x86_64 0:3.3.7-46.el7
Dependency Updated:
audit.x86_64 0:2.4.1-5.el7 audit-libs.x86_64 0:2.4.1-5.el7
libsemanage.x86_64 0:2.1.10-18.el7 policycoreutils.x86_64 0:2.2.5-20.el7
Complete!
That’s it. Now, you can use ‘semanage’ command.
semanage
Sample output:
usage: semanage [-h]
{import,export,login,user,port,interface,module,node,fcontext,boolean,permissive,dontaudit}
...
semanage is used to configure certain elements of SELinux policy with-out
requiring modification to or recompilation from policy source.
positional arguments:
{import,export,login,user,port,interface,module,node,fcontext,boolean,permissive,dontaudit}
import Output local customizations
export Output local customizations
login Manage login mappings between linux users and SELinux
confined users
user Manage SELinux confined users (Roles and levels for an
SELinux user)
port Manage network port type definitions
interface Manage network interface type definitions
module Manage SELinux policy modules
node Manage network node type definitions
fcontext Manage file context mapping definitions
boolean Manage booleans to selectively enable functionality
permissive Manage process type enforcement mode
dontaudit Disable/Enable dontaudit rules in policy
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
Cheers!
