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Date:	Thu, 9 Aug 2007 11:51:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, casey@...aufler-ca.com
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, torvalds@...l.org, akpm@...l.org,
	steved@...hat.com, trond.myklebust@....uio.no,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-cachefs@...hat.com,
	nfsv4@...ux-nfs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/14] CacheFiles: Permit a process's create SID to be overridden [try #2]


--- David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> wrote:

> Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com> wrote:
> 
> > This is SELinux specific funtionality and should be done in the
> > SELinux code. You should not be adding interfaces that are SELinux
> > specific, in this case using secids instead of the LSM blob interfaces.
> 
> Is using secids your only objection?  Or are you objecting to the whole
> 'act-as' concept?

My knee jerk reaction is that that is likely to be SELinux specific
behavior as well. I'm going to have to look at the patch more carefully
before I can say for sure. I will try to make a constructive proposal
once I've had the chance to think on it a little. Sorry about the terse
and unhelpful initial reaction.


Casey Schaufler
casey@...aufler-ca.com
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