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SubjectRe: [PATCH 00/16] Permit filesystem local caching [try #3]

--- Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov> wrote:

> On Tue, 2007-08-14 at 08:53 -0700, Casey Schaufler wrote:
> > --- David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > With Smack you can leave the label alone, raise CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE,
> > > > do your business of setting the label correctly, and then drop
> > > > the capability. No new hooks required.
> > >
> > > That sounds like a contradiction. How can you both leave it alone and
> set
> > > it?
> >
> > Whoops, sorry. You leave the process label alone and explicitly
> > set the file label using the xattr interfaces.
>
> xattr interfaces don't help with the initial labeling of the file when
> it is created.

That's true. The deamon needs to run with an appropriate label.
I don't believe that this is situation with a really simple solution
because the activity being performed is unusual.

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