## Available Applets Magisk has a core binary which acts as a multi-call program with many applets. Here is an introduction to all available applets. ### magisk The magisk binary provides a lot of utility functions used in both Magisk installation and also module installation. It is also the entry point for `init` to invoke magisk's boot procedures. Command help message: ``` Usage: magisk [applet [arguments]...] or: magisk --install [SOURCE] DIR if SOURCE not provided, will link itself or: magisk --list or: magisk --createimg IMG SIZE create ext4 image, SIZE is interpreted in MB or: magisk --imgsize IMG or: magisk --resizeimg IMG SIZE SIZE is interpreted in MB or: magisk --mountimg IMG PATH mount IMG to PATH and prints the loop device or: magisk --umountimg PATH LOOP or: magisk --[boot stage] start boot stage service or: magisk [options] or: applet [arguments]... Supported boot stages: post-fs, post-fs-data, service Options: -c print client version -v print daemon version -V print daemon version code Supported applets: su, resetprop, magiskpolicy, supolicy, sepolicy-inject, magiskhide ``` ### su The MagiskSU entrypoint. Call `su` to gain a root shell. **MagiskSU** has done several optimizations, check them out in the procedure diagram. Command help message: ``` Usage: su [options] [--] [-] [LOGIN] [--] [args...] Options: -c, --command COMMAND pass COMMAND to the invoked shell -h, --help display this help message and exit -, -l, --login pretend the shell to be a login shell -m, -p, --preserve-environment do not change environment variables -s, --shell SHELL use SHELL instead of the default /system/bin/sh -u display the multiuser mode and exit -v, --version display version number and exit -V display version code and exit, this is used almost exclusively by Superuser.apk -mm, -M, --mount-master run in the global mount namespace, use if you need to publicly apply mounts ``` Note: the `-Z --context` option still exists, but the option will do nothing since it's not needed anymore. It's still there because some apps requires specific context to work properly on legacy root implementations, and I don't want them to break. ### resetprop An advanced system prop manipulation utility; using this tool, you can arbitrarily alter system props. Here's some background knowledge: > System props are stored in a hybrid trie/binary tree data structure; it is originally designed to only support adding nodes, and no nodes will be removed. Props can be read by many processes (e.g. via the `getprop` command); however, only the `init` process can write to the data. `init` provides a `property_service` to accept property update requests, so all property changes are monitored and controlled by `init`. The restrictions of **read-only** props (props that starts with `ro.`), which they can only be set once and cannot be changed afterwards, is therefore implemented in `init`. **resetprop** mimics what `init` is doing: directly accessing the data structure. This bypasses the whole `property_service` part, so we gain **arbitrary modification** power. Deleting properties, which was stated *"forbidden"* in the data structure is also implemented in resetprop through some tricks. One subtle thing to be aware of is that if we change props by directly modifying the data structure, `on property:foo=bar` triggers registered in `*.rc` scripts will not be triggered properly. This may be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on what result you want. I made the default behavior to match the original setprop command, which **will** trigger events, but still I provide a flag to disable it if you needed it. Command help message: ``` Usage: resetprop [options] [args...] Options: -v show verbose output -n only modify property in memory resetprop NAME VALUE set property entry NAME with VALUE resetprop --file FILE load props from FILE resetprop --delete NAME remove prop entry NAME ``` ### magiskpolicy (This tool is aliased to `supolicy` and `sepolicy-injection` for legacy reasons) A tool to patch `sepolicy`. **magiskpolicy** also comes with built-in rules to unleash restrictions to make Magisk work properly. `sepolicy` is a compiled binary containing SELinux rules; we directly patch rules in the binary format since we don't have access to the SELinux policy source (`*.te`) files. The Magisk daemon itself, the root shell, and all processes spawned from the daemon and root shell are all running in the context `u:r:su:s0`. This context is not only patched to be permissive, but also patched to allow any transition from `u:r:su:s0` to any domain. This was done because Samsung devices do not support permissive out of the box. The built in patches are split to 3 parts: minimal, medium, and large. The full patch will result in a huge policy file, which might cause the `sepolicy` file unable to fit in `boot.img`. - The minimal patch is just enough to start Magisk daemon and allow the daemon to further patch the policy during boot time (which is called **live patch**). It is done at installation and directly into `boot.img`. - The medium patch covers most common operations, and is live patched as soon as Magisk daemon is started (blocking boot process). - The large patch contains the full patch. Due to the concern of greatly increasing the boot time, it is designed to run in the background until it's joined in the non-blocking late_start bootstage. What this all means is that **only late_start service mode is guaranteed to run in a fully patched environment**. If any script is not time critical, it is **highly recommended to run those scripts in late_start service mode**. Command help message (very helpful): ``` Usage: magiskpolicy [--options...] [policystatements...] Options: --live directly load patched policy to device --minimal minimal patches, used for boot image patches --load load policies from (load from live policies if not specified) --save save policies to Policy statements should be enclosed by quotes in command-line; the whole statement should be treated as a single parameter. The statements has a format of " [args...]" Use '*' in args to represent every possible match. Collections wrapped in curly brackets can also be used as args. Supported policy statements: Type 1: " source-class target-class permission-class permission" Action: allow, deny, auditallow, auditdeny Type 2: " source-class target-class permission-class ioctl range" Action: allowxperm, auditallowxperm, dontauditxperm Type 3: " class" Action: create, permissive, enforcing Type 4: "attradd class attribute" Type 5: "typetrans source-class target-class permission-class default-class (optional: object-name)" Notes: - typetrans does not support the all match '*' syntax - permission-class cannot be collections - source-class and target-class can also be attributes Example: allow { source1 source2 } { target1 target2 } permission-class * Will be expanded to: allow source1 target1 permission-class { all-permissions } allow source1 target2 permission-class { all-permissions } allow source2 target1 permission-class { all-permissions } allow source2 target2 permission-class { all-permissions } ``` ### magiskhide This is the command-line tool to control the state of MagiskHide. Command help message: ``` Usage: magiskhide [--options [arguments...] ] Options: --enable Start magiskhide --disable Stop magiskhide --add PROCESS Add PROCESS to the hide list --rm PROCESS Remove PROCESS from the hide list --ls Print out the current hide list ```