linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] TOMOYO: Add recursive directory matching operator support.

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Message-ID: <20091125140009.GA602@us.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:09 -0600
From:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>
To:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Cc:	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] TOMOYO: Add recursive directory matching operator
 support.

Quoting Tetsuo Handa (penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp):
> TOMOYO 1.7.1 has recursive directory matching operator support.
> I want to add it to TOMOYO for Linux 2.6.33 .
> ----------
> [PATCH] TOMOYO: Add recursive directory matching operator support.
> 
> This patch introduces new operator /\{dir\}/ which matches
> '/' + 'One or more repetitions of dir/' (e.g. /dir/ /dir/dir/ /dir/dir/dir/ ).

As a unix admin, I expect something like

	/{bin,sbin}/init
(or more likely /{s,}bin/init )

to mean match both /bin/init and /sbin/init.  Are you sure you want to use
this syntax for 'in_repeating'?

-serge
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