linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/28] SECURITY: Allow kernel services to override LSM settings for task actions [try #2]

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Date:	Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:51:01 -0500
From:	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	casey@...aufler-ca.com, Karl MacMillan <kmacmill@...hat.com>,
	viro@....linux.org.uk, hch@...radead.org,
	Trond.Myklebust@...app.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	selinux@...ho.nsa.gov, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/28] SECURITY: Allow kernel services to override LSM
	settings for task actions [try #2]

On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 22:55 +0000, David Howells wrote:
> Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov> wrote:
> 
> > More likely, run it at build time in your .spec file to generate
> > cachefiles.conf,
> 
> I don't think sticking it in cachefiles.conf is a good idea necessarily.
> That has to be an administrator modifiable file.  Is there a program I could
> make cachefiles run directly and capture the output of that could give me the
> info I want?

Yes, we could easily make a simple program that just invokes a
libselinux function that in turn grabs the proper context from some
context configuration file under /etc/selinux/$SELINUXTYPE/contexts/ and
outputs it.  Dan can help with that.

> > then run it again maybe upon a policy update or if the user selects a
> > different policy.
> 
> How do I do that?

-- 
Stephen Smalley
National Security Agency

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