1 When running in SELinux mode on Fedora, some operations don't work out of the
4 Until somebody contributes a complete SELinux policy for ShellInABox, here are
5 some tips on getting things working:
7 - avoid using the default "LOGIN" service. Calling /bin/login does not do
9 The "LOGIN" service is the default service when running "shellinaboxd" as
10 "root". This means, you will most likely see all logins failing, whenever
11 you start the daemon as "root".
12 To fix this problem, consider explicitly specifying a service definition.
13 One of these two should work:
14 --service /:AUTH:HOME:SHELL
17 The latter requires that you have a locally running "sshd" daemon.
19 - Alternatively, consider running "./configure --disable-login" before building
20 the daemon. This will completely remove support for the "LOGIN" service, and
21 shellinaboxd will instead use a default "SSH" service for both unprivileged
24 - On Fedora, PAM authentication does not work for shellinabox until you
25 explicitly configure it. This means, using "AUTH" in the service definition
26 will not allow you to log in.
27 You can fix this by defining a proper "/etc/pam.d/shellinabox" file. Take a
28 look at "etc-pam.d-shellinabox-example" for a working example.
29 Make sure you assign the correct SELinux labels to this file when copying
31 cp -Z system_u:object_r:etc_t:s0 etc-pam.d-shellinabox-example /etc/pam.d/