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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Introduce new LSM hooks where vfsmount is available.
On Wed, 24 Sep 2008, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:

> Quoting Kentaro Takeda (takedakn@nttdata.co.jp):

[please trim quoted material..]

> >
> > +config SECURITY_PATH
> > + bool "Security hooks for pathname based access control"
> > + depends on SECURITY
> > + help
> > + This enables the security hooks for pathname based access control.
> > + If enabled, a security module can use these hooks to
> > + implement pathname based access controls.
> > + If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
>
> Is there any reason why users should have to deal with this option?
> Would it make sense in this case to make the option and have tomoyo and
> apparmor select it?

Who are users in this case? It's probably useful as a separate option for
testing purposes and for people doing development. LSMs which depend on
it should probably still use SELECT in any case.

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James Morris
<jmorris@namei.org>


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