Re: [patch] security. namespace

[Russell Coker <russell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 09:38, Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I was warned on #xfs that this may break IRIX compatability, so there is
> > a note in the Kconfig.  However Tad says that the security. attributes
> > will show up in the user namespace on a standard XFS linux kernel, but I
>
> Hmm... security names showing up in the user namespace wouldn't
> be a good thing... depends how the code is written, I'll take a
> look shortly.

It is a good thing for upgrades.  If we can set the security attributes on 
files before booting the SE Linux kernel then it will make things a bit 
easier for a first install.

As 2.4.22 is bad it would be good to see some ACL patches for 2.4.23 soon.  
I've done my own port of them and put them on
http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/kern/


Russell Coker