default\_type(5) SELinux configuration default\_type(5)

# [NAME](#NAME)

default\_type - The SELinux default type configuration file

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

The *default\_type* file contains entries that allow SELinux-aware applications such as [**newrole**(1)](/man/os/libselinux/newrole.1) to select a default type for a role if one is not supplied.

[**selinux\_default\_type\_path**(3)](/man/os/libselinux/selinux_default_type_path.3) will return the active policy path to this file. The default, default type file is:

*/etc/selinux/{SELINUXTYPE}/contexts/default\_type*

Where *{SELINUXTYPE}* is the entry from the selinux configuration file *config* (see [**selinux\_config**(5)](/man/os/libselinux/selinux_config.5)).

[**get\_default\_type**(3)](/man/os/libselinux/get_default_type.3) reads this file to determine a type for the active policy.

# [FILE FORMAT](#FILE_FORMAT)

Each line within the *default\_type* file is formatted with *role:type* entries where:

*role*

The SELinux role.

*type*

The domain type that is returned for this role.

# [EXAMPLE](#EXAMPLE)

\# ./contexts/default\_type  
auditadm\_r:auditadm\_t  
user\_r:user\_t

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**selinux**(8)](/man/os/libselinux/selinux.8), [**get\_default\_type**(3)](/man/os/libselinux/get_default_type.3), [**newrole**(1)](/man/os/libselinux/newrole.1), [**selinux\_default\_type\_path**(3)](/man/os/libselinux/selinux_default_type_path.3), [**selinux\_config**(5)](/man/os/libselinux/selinux_config.5)

28-Nov-2011 Security Enhanced Linux

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Document: default_type(5) from libselinux 3.11-r2 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux.git