linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Version 4 (2.6.23-rc8-mm2) Smack: Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel

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Date:	Wed, 3 Oct 2007 19:17:22 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>, torvalds@...l.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...l.org, paul.moore@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Version 4 (2.6.23-rc8-mm2) Smack: Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel

On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 07:17:35PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Absolute paths in that kind of thing are _wrong_.  You know where the things
> > are on your fs.  You don't know if anything else will be visible, let alone
> > whether it will be at the same place in all chroots or namespaces.  And no,
> > you _can't_ make sure that fs is visible only in one place.  No fs can or
> > has any business even trying.
> 
> What I don't understand here is why we need the hacks when we already
> support sufficient mount magic to give each login session its own
> private /tmp ?

Presumably his context can change within a login session?  If not, it's
indeed simply worthless, absolute paths or not.
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