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2AppArmor
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4
5What is AppArmor?
6=================
7
8AppArmor is MAC style security extension for the Linux kernel.  It implements
9a task centered policy, with task "profiles" being created and loaded
10from user space.  Tasks on the system that do not have a profile defined for
11them run in an unconfined state which is equivalent to standard Linux DAC
12permissions.
13
14How to enable/disable
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16
17set ``CONFIG_SECURITY_APPARMOR=y``
18
19If AppArmor should be selected as the default security module then set::
20
21   CONFIG_DEFAULT_SECURITY="apparmor"
22   CONFIG_SECURITY_APPARMOR_BOOTPARAM_VALUE=1
23
24Build the kernel
25
26If AppArmor is not the default security module it can be enabled by passing
27``security=apparmor`` on the kernel's command line.
28
29If AppArmor is the default security module it can be disabled by passing
30``apparmor=0, security=XXXX`` (where ``XXXX`` is valid security module), on the
31kernel's command line.
32
33For AppArmor to enforce any restrictions beyond standard Linux DAC permissions
34policy must be loaded into the kernel from user space (see the Documentation
35and tools links).
36
37Documentation
38=============
39
40Documentation can be found on the wiki, linked below.
41
42Links
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44
45Mailing List - apparmor@lists.ubuntu.com
46
47Wiki - http://apparmor.wiki.kernel.org/
48
49User space tools - https://launchpad.net/apparmor
50
51Kernel module - git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jj/apparmor-dev.git
52