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The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products .\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES .\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. .\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, .\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT .\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, .\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY .\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" Manual page, using -mandoc macros .\" .Dd June 3, 2002 .Dt SYSTRACE 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm systrace .Nd generates and enforces system call policies .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm systrace .Op Fl aAitU .Op Fl g Ar gui .Op Fl f Ar file .Ar command ... .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm utility enforces system call policies for applications by constraining the application's access to the system. The policy is generated interactively. Operations not covered by the policy raise an alarm and allow an user to refine the currently configured policy. .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Dfxfile .It Fl a Enables automatic enforcement of configured policies. An operation not covered by policy is denied and logged via .Xr syslog 3 . .It Fl A Automatically generate a policy that allows every operation the application executes. The created policy functions as a base that can be refined. .It Fl i Inherits the policy of the first executed binary to all children. .It Fl t Uses text mode to ask for interactive policy generation. .It Fl U Ignore user configured policies and use only global system policies. .It Fl g Ar gui Specifies an alternative location for the notification user interface. .It Fl f Ar file The policies specified in .Ar file are added to the policies that .Nm knows about. .El .Pp .Sh POLICY The policy is specified via the following grammar: .Bd -literal -offset AAA filter = expression "then" action errorcode expression = symbol | "not" expression | "(" expression ")" | expression "and" expression | expression "or" expression symbol = string typeoff "match" cmdstring | string typeoff "eq" cmdstring | string typeoff "neq" cmdstring | string typeoff "sub" cmdstring | string typeoff "nsub" cmdstring | string typeoff "inpath" cmdstring | "true" typeoff = /* empty */ | "[" number "]" action = "permit" | "deny" errorcode = /* empty */ | "[" string "]" .Ed .Pp The .Va cmd-string is an arbitrary string enclosed with quotation marks. The .Va errorcode is used to return an .Xr errno 2 value to the system call when using a .Va deny action. The value .Do inherit .Dc has a special meaning when used with a .Va permit rule for the .Va execve system call. In that case, the current policy is inherited for the new binary. .Pp Policy entries may contain an appended predicate. Predicates have the following format: .Bd -literal -offset AAA ", if" {"user", "group"} {"=", "!="} string .Ed .Pp A rule is added to the configured policy only if its predicate evaluates to true. .Sh EXAMPLES An excerpt from a sample .Xr ls 1 policy might look as follows: .Bd -literal -offset AAA Policy: /bin/ls, Emulation: native [...] native-open: filename eq "$HOME" and oflags sub "ro" then permit native-fchdir: permit [...] native-open: filename eq "/tmp" and oflags sub "ro" then permit native-stat: permit native-open: filename match "$HOME/*" and oflags sub "ro" then permit native-open: filename eq "/etc/pwd.db" and oflags sub "ro" then permit [...] native-open: filename eq "/etc" then deny[eperm], if group != wheel .Ed .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width xHOME/xsystrace -compact .It Pa /dev/systrace systrace device .It Pa /etc/systrace global systrace policies .It Pa $HOME/.systrace user specified policies .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr systrace 4 .Sh AUTHORS The .Nm utility has been developed by Niels Provos.