From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mummy.ncsc.mil (mummy.ncsc.mil [144.51.88.129]) by tycho.ncsc.mil (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i6BBBarT027244 for ; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 07:11:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp801.mail.ukl.yahoo.com (jazzhorn.ncsc.mil [144.51.5.9]) by mummy.ncsc.mil (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id i6BBBFNZ005568 for ; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 11:11:16 GMT Received: from unknown (HELO hyd) (selinux@tycho.nsa.gov@81.152.10.162 with poptime) by smtp801.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with SMTP; 11 Jul 2004 11:11:35 -0000 Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 12:22:37 +0100 From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton To: Russell Coker Cc: SE-Linux Subject: Re: warning about debian hotplug package 20040329-9! Message-ID: <20040711112237.GI3390@lkcl.net> References: <20040709201413.GB3168@lkcl.net> <200407112050.08313.russell@coker.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <200407112050.08313.russell@coker.com.au> Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov On Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 08:50:08PM +1000, Russell Coker wrote: > On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 06:14, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > > warning warning warning, do not install hotplug version 20040329-9 > > from debian unstable because /etc/hotplug/net.rc attempts to write > > to /etc/hotplug/net.enable. > > > > hotplug writing to /etc/ even /etc/hotplug is banned by the [present] > > selinux policy. > > > > i'm raising a bugreport about this one if there isn't one already. > > That package is broken in other ways. oh-ah? oops. because it's being depended on in debian for quite a lot of things, like loading atmel wireless networking firmware. > It doesn't work with PC-Card or Cardbus > Ethernet devices doing DHCP. hm, it's all scripted (sh, bash) so that should be fixable, oh well. > Just use -8. -8. i'm really sorry but i've not heard of -8, and a search with google strips away the "-". do you have a url for it? l. -- 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.