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26.Dd February 25, 2016
27.Dt POSIX1E 3
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm posix1e
31.Nd introduction to the POSIX.1e security API
32.Sh LIBRARY
33.Lb libc
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.In sys/types.h
36.In sys/acl.h
37.In sys/mac.h
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39POSIX.1e describes five security extensions to the POSIX.1 API: Access
40Control Lists (ACLs), Auditing, Capabilities, Mandatory Access Control, and
41Information Flow Labels.
42While IEEE POSIX.1e D17 specification has not been standardized, several of
43its interfaces are widely used.
44.Pp
45.Fx
46implements POSIX.1e interface for access control lists, described in
47.Xr acl 3 ,
48and supports ACLs on the
49.Xr ffs 7
50file system; ACLs must be administratively enabled using
51.Xr tunefs 8 .
52.Pp
53.Fx
54implements a POSIX.1e-like mandatory access control interface, described in
55.Xr mac 3 ,
56although with a number of extensions and important semantic differences.
57.Pp
58.Fx
59does not implement the POSIX.1e audit, privilege (capability), or information
60flow label APIs.
61However,
62.Fx
63does implement the
64.Xr libbsm 3
65audit API.
66It also provides
67.Xr capsicum 4 ,
68a lightweight OS capability and sandbox framework implementing a
69hybrid capability system model.
70.Sh ENVIRONMENT
71POSIX.1e assigns security attributes to all objects, extending the security
72functionality described in POSIX.1.
73These additional attributes store fine-grained discretionary access control
74information and mandatory access control labels; for files, they are stored
75in extended attributes, described in
76.Xr extattr 3 .
77.Pp
78POSIX.2c describes
79a set of userland utilities for manipulating these attributes, including
80.Xr getfacl 1
81and
82.Xr setfacl 1
83for access control lists, and
84.Xr getfmac 8
85and
86.Xr setfmac 8
87for mandatory access control labels.
88.Sh SEE ALSO
89.Xr getfacl 1 ,
90.Xr setfacl 1 ,
91.Xr extattr 2 ,
92.Xr acl 3 ,
93.Xr extattr 3 ,
94.Xr libbsm 3 ,
95.Xr libcasper 3 ,
96.Xr mac 3 ,
97.Xr capsicum 4 ,
98.Xr ffs 7 ,
99.Xr getfmac 8 ,
100.Xr setfmac 8 ,
101.Xr tunefs 8 ,
102.Xr acl 9 ,
103.Xr extattr 9 ,
104.Xr mac 9
105.Sh STANDARDS
106POSIX.1e is described in IEEE POSIX.1e draft 17.
107.Sh HISTORY
108POSIX.1e support was introduced in
109.Fx 4.0 ;
110most features were available as of
111.Fx 5.0 .
112.Sh AUTHORS
113.An Robert N M Watson
114.An Chris D. Faulhaber
115.An Thomas Moestl
116.An Ilmar S Habibulin
117