From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from jazzdrum.ncsc.mil (zombie.ncsc.mil [144.51.88.131]) by tycho.ncsc.mil (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id iBDEJBIi003692 for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 09:19:11 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtp.sws.net.au (jazzdrum.ncsc.mil [144.51.5.7]) by jazzdrum.ncsc.mil (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id iBDEJAX4028212 for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:19:13 GMT Subject: Re: Single home directory type for all roles. From: Russell Coker To: Daniel J Walsh Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, Stephen Smalley , SE Linux list , Jim Carter , Colin Walters , Nalin Dahyabhai In-Reply-To: <41BD9FA9.9030402@redhat.com> References: <20041207000805.GH3678@jmh.mhn.de> <1102534349.30962.25.camel@moss-lions.epoch.ncsc.mil> <41B8826D.30105@redhat.com> <1102612828.32175.159.camel@moss-spartans.epoch.ncsc.mil> <1102614445.4509.25.camel@aeon> <1102614805.32175.176.camel@moss-spartans.epoch.ncsc.mil> <1102615951.4509.50.camel@aeon> <200412092040.iB9KelRx032136@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <1102647815.4509.123.camel@aeon> <41B9AE1D.1020305@redhat.com> <1102944341.32053.26.camel@aeon> <41BD9FA9.9030402@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 01:19:00 +1100 Message-Id: <1102947540.32053.28.camel@aeon> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov On Mon, 2004-12-13 at 08:56 -0500, Daniel J Walsh wrote: > >>I believe that the only people who will use roles as they are currently > >>constituted are security people. > >> > > > >Currently the only people who use strict policy are "security people". > > > > > By security people, I meant people who understand how to write policy. Same here. > My opinion, is the > end goal of strict policy should be used by security admins who don't > need to know how to write > policy. selinux-policy-strict-sources should end up being like > kernel-sources. Only to be used by > developers and people interested in how the system works. I mostly agree with that. However at the moment we are far from it in so many ways that the issue of roles is minor. -- This message was distributed to subscribers of the selinux mailing list. If you no longer wish to subscribe, send mail to majordomo@tycho.nsa.gov with the words "unsubscribe selinux" without quotes as the message.