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Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 14:08:33 +0000
From: Dale Amon <amon@vnl.com>
To: Stephen Smalley <sds@tislabs.com>
Cc: Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au>, selinux <selinux@tycho.nsa.gov>
Subject: Re: package configuration (for dpkg - rpm will have the same issues)
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On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 12:48:40PM -0500, Stephen Smalley wrote:
> When a new package is installed on a system running SELinux, I expected
> chcon or the modified file utilities to be used to set the security
> context appropriately for its files in a similar manner to the use
> of chown/chmod or the existing file utilities for setting the Unix
> attributes.  But it also seems necessary to update the setfiles
> configuration for future installations, resets, or major policy changes.
> So perhaps a hacked setfiles is a good idea.

Perhaps a 'setfiles --dump > file_contexts' capability is in order?


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