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+# Copyright (C) 2024 The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+service microfuchsiad /apex/com.android.microfuchsia/bin/microfuchsiad
+    class main
+    user root
+    group system
+    # We need SYS_NICE in order to allow the crosvm child process to use it.
+    # (b/322197421). composd itself never uses it (and isn't allowed to by
+    # SELinux).
+    capabilities SYS_NICE