Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:30:42 -0700 (PDT) | From | Casey Schaufler <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 00/16] Permit filesystem local caching [try #3] |
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--- 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. > -- > Stephen Smalley > National Security Agency > > > -- > This message was distributed to subscribers of the selinux mailing list. > If you no longer wish to subscribe, send mail to majordomo@tycho.nsa.gov with > the words "unsubscribe selinux" without quotes as the message. > > >
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