From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from goalie.tycho.ncsc.mil (goalie [144.51.3.250]) by tarius.tycho.ncsc.mil (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id p3RNaYGQ023996 for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:36:34 -0400 Received: from cp-out8.libero.it (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by msux-gh1-uea02.nsa.gov (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id p3RNaX1e027926 for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2011 23:36:34 GMT Subject: Re: Is there difference betweek sefiles and restorecon in terms of labels From: Guido Trentalancia To: Sam Gandhi Cc: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 01:36:32 +0200 In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-ID: <1303947392.2648.30.camel@vortex> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov In short, the label ultimately depends on the file context specification, not the tool you use. Therefore as long as the file context specification is the same, then I suppose both setfiles and restorecon produce the same label on the file. Regards, Guido On Wed, 2011-04-27 at 15:59 -0700, Sam Gandhi wrote: > Looking at man pages of sefiles and restorecon , both mention that > they initialize security context database ( extended attributes) on > one or more filesystems. > > There are certainly differences between command line arguments, but > can these programs be used interchangeably as far as extended > attributes they assign to files? > > -Sam > > -- > 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. > -- 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.