Can SELinux give a regular user full control of a file system or directory?

Question

We are setting up a Linux machine (CentOS 7 to be exact) to share files within a team. One particular regular user (the boss) will need to be able to read / write / modify / delete all files and directories in the file system or directory where we share files. I just wonder if it is possible to set an SELinux policy to enforce his privilege. In the past we ran a cron job to enforce permissions on all files and directories every ten minutes. I just thought SELinux will be the better way to go if it is possible.

I am also open to any other suggestions. Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

Selinux provides a mechanism for supporting access control security policies. If you need to give access to other users , you can use ACLs or file permissions.

setfacl -Rdm u:boss:rwx /shared_dir

setfacl -Rm u:boss:rwx /shared_dir

to view ACLs :- getfacl filename

u:- user

g:- group

d:- default

o:- other

see the man pages for more infor:- man acl