Compartment Rules and Syntax
A compartment consists of a name and a set of rules. This section describes the four types of compartment rules:
•File system rules
•IPC rules
•Network rules
•Miscellaneous rules
Add rules to a rules file you create in the /etc/cmpt directory. You can edit this file using vi or a similar text editor. Your rules file must have a .rules extension.
Refer to compartments(5) for additional information.
Compartment Definition
Define compartments by configuring a name for each compartment, and associating one or more compartment rules with the compartment name. You can specify rules in any order.
The syntax for a compartment definition is as follows:
<sealed> compartment <new_compartment_name> { <rules> }
For example:
sealed compartment server_children {
/* Deny all access to any file system objects ... */
permission none / |
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} |
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sealed | (Optional) A process in this compartment cannot gain privileges |
| or change compartments by calling execve. |
compartment | Designates that the rule is a compartment definition. |
new_compartment_name | The label associated with the new compartment. This label is |
| case sensitive. For example, compartmenta and CompartmentA |
| are different compartments. |
{} | Enclose the rules for this compartment. |
NOTE: The INIT compartment name is not case sensitive. INIT, init, and Init are all treated as the same compartment by the system. Do not use INIT or any variation for a new compartment name.
Compartment specifications are preprocessed with cpp(1) before parsing begins. This is why you use cpp directives such as #include, #define, #ifdef, and
File System Rules
File system rules govern access by processes to files and directories on the system. File system rules are inherited from a parent directory to all subdirectories and files within the parent, unless an explicit rule overrides inheritance.
By default, if no permissions are specified, all permissions are granted for a file system object. The syntax for file system rules is as follows:
(permissionperm) <permission_list> <file_object>
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