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MAC.CONF(5)		  FreeBSD File Formats Manual		   MAC.CONF(5)

NAME
     mac.conf -- format	of the MAC library configuration file

DESCRIPTION
     The mac.conf file configures the default label elements to	be used	by
     policy-agnostic applications that operate on MAC labels.  A file contains
     a series of default label sets specified by object	class, in addition to
     blank lines and comments preceded by a `#'	symbol.

     Currently,	the implementation supports two	syntax styles for label	ele-
     ment declaration.	The old	(deprecated) syntax consists of	a single line
     with two fields separated by white	space: the object class	name, and a
     list of label elements as used by the mac_prepare(3) library calls	prior
     to	an application invocation of a function	from mac_get(3).

     The newer more preferred syntax consists of three fields separated	by
     white space: the label group, object class	name and a list	of label ele-
     ments.

     Label element names may optionally	begin with a `?' symbol	to indicate
     that a failure to retrieve	the label element for an object	should be
     silently ignored, and improves usability if the set of MAC	policies may
     change over time.

FILES
     /etc/mac.conf  MAC	library	configuration file.

EXAMPLES
     The following example configures user applications	to operate with	four
     MAC policies: mac_biba(4),	mac_mls(4), SEBSD, and mac_partition(4).

	   #
	   # Default label set to be used by simple MAC	applications

	   default_labels file ?biba,?lomac,?mls,?sebsd
	   default_labels ifnet	?biba,?lomac,?mls,?sebsd
	   default_labels process ?biba,?lomac,?mls,?partition,?sebsd
	   default_labels socket ?biba,?lomac,?mls

	   #
	   # Deprecated	(old) syntax

	   default_file_labels ?biba,?mls,?sebsd
	   default_ifnet_labels	?biba,?mls,?sebsd
	   default_process_labels ?biba,?mls,partition,?sebsd

     In	this example, userland applications will attempt to retrieve Biba,
     MLS, and SEBSD labels for all object classes; for processes, they will
     additionally attempt to retrieve a	Partition identifier.  In all cases
     except the	Partition identifier, failure to retrieve a label due to the
     respective	policy not being present will be ignored.

SEE ALSO
     mac(3), mac_get(3), mac_prepare(3), mac(4), mac(9)

HISTORY
     Support for Mandatory Access Control was introduced in FreeBSD 5.0	as
     part of the TrustedBSD Project.

FreeBSD	13.0			 July 25, 2015			  FreeBSD 13.0

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