apparmor.d/docs/variables.md

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Variables References

XDG directories

User directories

Description	Name	Default Value(s)
Desktop	@{XDG_DESKTOP_DIR}	Desktop
Documents	@{XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR}	Documents
Downloads	@{XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR}	Downloads
Music	@{XDG_MUSIC_DIR}	Music
Pictures	@{XDG_PICTURES_DIR}	Pictures
Videos	@{XDG_VIDEOS_DIR}	Videos
Screenshots	@{XDG_SCREENSHOTS_DIR}	@{XDG_PICTURES_DIR}/Screenshots
Wallpapers	@{XDG_WALLPAPERS_DIR}	@{XDG_PICTURES_DIR}/Wallpapers
Books	@{XDG_BOOKS_DIR}	Books
Games	@{XDG_GAMES_DIR}	.games
Templates	@{XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR}	Templates
Public	@{XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR}	Public
Projects	@{XDG_PROJECTS_DIR}	Projects
Private	@{XDG_PRIVATE_DIR}	.{p,P}rivate {p,P}rivate
Work	@{XDG_WORK_DIR}	Work
Mail	@{XDG_MAIL_DIR}	Mail .{m,M}ail
Sync	@{XDG_SYNC_DIR}	Sync
Torrents	@{XDG_TORRENTS_DIR}	Torrents
Vm	@{XDG_VM_DIR}	.vm
Vm Shares	@{XDG_VM_SHARES_DIR}	VM_Shares
Disk images	@{XDG_IMG_DIR}	images
Games Studio	@{XDG_GAMESSTUDIO_DIR}	.unity3d

Dotfiles

Description	Name	Default Value(s)
Cache	@{XDG_CACHE_DIR}	.cache
Config	@{XDG_CONFIG_DIR}	.config
Data	@{XDG_DATA_DIR}	.local/share
State	@{XDG_STATE_DIR}	.local/state
Bin	@{XDG_BIN_DIR}	.local/bin
Lib	@{XDG_LIB_DIR}	.local/lib
GPG	@{XDG_GPG_DIR}	.gnupg
SSH	@{XDG_SSH_DIR}	.ssh
Private	@{XDG_PRIVATE_DIR}	.{p,P}rivate {p,P}rivate
Passwords	@{XDG_PASSWORD_STORE_DIR}	.password-store

Full configuration path

Description	Name	Default Value(s)
Cache	@{user_cache_dirs}	@{HOME}/@{XDG_CACHE_DIR}
Config	@{user_config_dirs}	@{HOME}/@{XDG_CONFIG_DIR}
Bin	@{user_bin_dirs}	@{HOME}/@{XDG_BIN_DIR}
Lib	@{user_lib_dirs}	@{HOME}/@{XDG_LIB_DIR}
Share	@{user_share_dirs}	@{HOME}/@{XDG_DATA_DIR}
State	@{user_state_dirs}	@{HOME}/@{XDG_STATE_DIR}
Build	@{user_build_dirs}	/tmp/build/
Packages	@{user_pkg_dirs}	/tmp/pkg/

Full user path

Description	Name	Default Value(s)
Documents	@{user_documents_dirs}	@{HOME}/@{XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR}
Downloads	@{user_download_dirs}	@{HOME}/@{XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR}
Music	@{user_music_dirs}	@{HOME}/@{XDG_MUSIC_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_MUSIC_DIR}
Pictures	@{user_pictures_dirs}	@{HOME}/@{XDG_PICTURES_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_PICTURES_DIR}
Videos	@{user_videos_dirs}	@{HOME}/@{XDG_VIDEOS_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_VIDEOS_DIR}
Books	@{user_books_dirs}	@{HOME}/@{XDG_BOOKS_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_BOOKS_DIR}
Games	@{user_games_dirs}	@{HOME}/@{XDG_GAMES_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_GAMES_DIR}
Private	@{user_private_dirs}	@{HOME}/@{XDG_PRIVATE_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_PRIVATE_DIR}
Passwords	@{user_password_store_dirs}	@{HOME}/@{XDG_PASSWORD_STORE_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_PASSWORD_STORE_DIR}
Work	@{user_work_dirs}	@{HOME}/@{XDG_WORK_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_WORK_DIR}
Mail	@{user_mail_dirs}	@{HOME}/@{XDG_MAIL_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_MAIL_DIR}
Projects	@{user_projects_dirs}	@{HOME}/@{XDG_PROJECTS_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_PROJECTS_DIR}
Public	@{user_publicshare_dirs}	@{HOME}/@{XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR}
Templates	@{user_templates_dirs}	@{HOME}/@{XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR}
Torrents	@{user_torrents_dirs}	@{HOME}/@{XDG_TORRENTS_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_TORRENTS_DIR}
Sync	@{user_sync_dirs}	@{HOME}/@{XDG_SYNC_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/*/@{XDG_SYNC_DIR}
Vm	@{user_vm_dirs}	@{HOME}/@{XDG_VM_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_VM_DIR}
Vm Shares	@{user_vm_shares}	@{HOME}/@{XDG_VM_SHARES_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_VM_SHARES_DIR}
Disk images	@{user_img_dirs}	@{HOME}/@{XDG_IMG_DIR} @{MOUNTS}/@{XDG_IMG_DIR}

System variables

!!! danger

Do not modify these variables unless you know what you are doing

Base variables

Description	Name	Default Value(s)
Any digit	@{d}	[0-9]
Any letter	@{l}	[a-zA-Z]
Single alphanumeric character	@{c}	[0-9a-zA-Z]
Word character: matches any letter, digit or underscore.	@{w}	[0-9a-zA-Z_]
Single hexadecimal character	@{h}	[0-9a-fA-F]
Integer up to 10 digits (0-9999999999)	@{int}	@{d}{@{d},}{@{d},}{@{d},}{@{d},}{@{d},}{@{d},}{@{d},}{@{d},}{@{d},}
Unsigned integer over 8 bits (0-255)	@{u8}	[0-9]{[0-9],} 1[0-9][0-9] 2[0-4][0-9] 25[0-5]
Unsigned integer over 16 bits (0-65535, 5 digits)	@{u16}	@{d}{@{d},}{@{d},}{@{d},}{@{d},}
Hexadecimal up to 64 characters	@{hex}
Alphanumeric up to 64 characters	@{rand}
Word up to 64 characters	@{word}

Basic variables of a given length

Description	Name
Any x digits characters	@{int2} @{int4} @{int6} @{int8} @{int9} @{int10} @{int12} @{int15} @{int16} @{int32} @{int64}
Any x hexadecimal characters	@{hex2} @{hex4} @{hex6} @{hex8} @{hex9} @{hex10} @{hex12} @{hex15} @{hex16} @{hex32} @{hex38} @{hex64}
Any x alphanumeric characters	@{rand2} @{rand4} @{rand6} @{rand8} @{rand9} @{rand10} @{rand12} @{rand15} @{rand16} @{rand32} @{rand64}
Any x word characters	@{word2} @{word4} @{word6} @{word8} @{word9} @{word10} @{word12} @{word15} @{word16} @{word32} @{word64}

System Variables

Description	Name	Default Value(s)
Common architecture names	@{arch}	x86_64 amd64 i386 i686
Dbus unique name	@{busname}	:1.@{u16} :not.active.yet
Universally unique identifier	@{uuid}	@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}[-_]@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}[-_]@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}[-_]@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}[-_]@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}
Username valid characters	@{user}	[a-zA-Z_]{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}{@{w},}
Group valid characters	@{group}	@{user}
Semantic version	@{version}	@{int}{.@{int},}{.@{int},}{-@{rand},}
Current Process Id	@{pid}	{[1-9],[1-9][0-9],[1-9][0-9][0-9],[1-9][0-9][0-9][0-9],[1-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9],[1-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9],[1-4][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]}
Processes Ids	@{pids}	@{pid}
Thread Id	@{tid}	@{pid}
User Id (equivalent to @{int})	@{uid}	{[0-9],[1-9][0-9],[1-9][0-9][0-9],[1-9][0-9][0-9][0-9],[1-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9],[1-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9],[1-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9],[1-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9],[1-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9],[1-4][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]}

System Paths

Description	Name	Default Value(s)
Root Home	@{HOMEDIRS}	/home/
Home directories	@{HOME}	@{HOMEDIRS}/*/ /root/
Root Mountpoints	@{MOUNTDIRS}	/media/ @{run}/media/@{user}/ /mnt/
Mountpoints directories	@{MOUNTS}	@{MOUNTDIRS}/*/ @{run}/user/@{uid}/gvfs/
Bin	@{bin}	/{usr/,}{s,}bin
Lib	@{lib}	/{usr/,}lib{,exec,32,64}
multi-arch library	@{multiarch}	*-linux-gnu*
Proc	@{PROC}	/proc/
Run	@{run}	/run/ /var/run/
Sys	@{sys}	/sys/
System wide share	@{system_share_dirs}	/{usr,usr/local,var/lib/@{flatpak_exports_root}}/share
Flatpak export	@{flatpak_exports_root}	{flatpak/exports,flatpak/{app,runtime}/*/*/*/*/export}

System Internal

Description	Name	Default Value(s)
PCI Devices	@{pci}	@{pci_bus}/**/
PCI Bus	@{pci_bus}	pci@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}:@{h}@{h}
PCI Id	@{pci_id}	@{h}@{h}@{h}@{h}:@{h}@{h}:@{h}@{h}.@{h}
HCI devices	@{hci_id}	dev_@{c}@{c}_@{c}@{c}_@{c}@{c}_@{c}@{c}_@{c}@{c}_@{c}@{c}
Udev data dynamic assignment ranges (234 to 254 then 384 to 511)	@{dynamic}	23[4-9] 24[0-9] 25[0-4] 38[4-9] 39[0-9] 4[0-9][0-9] 50[0-9] 51[0-1]

Program paths

Description	Name	Default Value(s)
All the shells	@{shells}	sh zsh bash dash fish rbash ksh tcsh csh
Shells path	@{shells_path}	@{bin}/@{shells}
Coreutils programs that should not have dedicated profile	@{coreutils}	See tunables/multiarch.d/paths
Coreutils paths	@{coreutils_path}	@{bin}/@{coreutils}
Launcher paths	@{open_path}	@{bin}/exo-open @{bin}/xdg-open @{lib}/@{multiarch}/glib-@{version}/gio-launch-desktop @{lib}/gio-launch-desktop
All browser paths	@{*_path}	See tunables/multiarch.d/paths