Control SELinux File Contexts

Question 1

What command starts and enables Apache web service?

Answer 1

systemctl enable –now httpd

Question 2

What command verifies the Apache web service is running?

Answer 2

systemctl status httpd

Question 3

What command is used to define the SELinux file context rule that sets the context type to httpd_sys_content_t for the /custom directory and all files under it?

Answer 3

semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_content_t ‘/custom(/.*)?’

Question 4

What command is used to correct the file contexts in the /custom directory?

Answer 4

restorecon -Rv /custom

Question 5

What command is used to create a public_html directory?

Answer 5

mkdir ~/public_html

Question 6

What command changes permission of /home/student directory to allow access of public_html folder?

Answer 6

chmod 711 ~

Question 7

What command is used to see whether any Booleans restrict access to home directories for httpd service?

Answer 7

getsebool -a | grep home

Question 8

What boolean command is used to enable persistent access to the home directory for httpd service?

Answer 8

setsebool -P httpd_enable_homedirs on