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 i6SN9erT014932 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2004 19:09:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp808.mail.ukl.yahoo.com (jazzhorn.ncsc.mil [144.51.5.9]) by mummy.ncsc.mil (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id i6SN9AVb025433 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2004 23:09:10 GMT Received: from unknown (HELO hyd) (selinux@tycho.nsa.gov@81.152.10.162 with poptime) by smtp808.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Jul 2004 23:09:39 -0000 Received: from highfield ([192.168.0.223] helo=lkcl.net) by hyd with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Bpx3y-0000sW-Bb for selinux@tycho.nsa.gov; Wed, 28 Jul 2004 22:38:18 +0000 Received: from lkcl by lkcl.net with local (Exim 4.24) id 1Bpxj1-00054p-Vp for selinux@tycho.nsa.gov; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 00:20:43 +0100 Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 00:20:43 +0100 From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton To: SE-Linux Subject: temporary hack to use udev in selinux Message-ID: <20040728232043.GF18711@lkcl.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov i have a requirement (use of usb-mount, see http://users.actrix.co.nz/michael/usbmount.html) that forces the use of udev on an selinux system. fighting with it for a day, and after seeing some clues in the file contexts (/(u)dev/....) i decided to try editing /etc/udev/udev.conf to set it to use /udev instead of /dev. other than a warning about udev not starting up, well, everything seems to work hunky-dory. somehow i do _get_ a udevd running, i could not tell you how it got there. i notice the following message http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2004-March/msg00888.html in which steven (hi steven :) says that support for udev "fake" attributes for ramfs and tmpfs, just like for devpts. is that literally as simple as cut/paste the devpts code... the xattr stuff? cos if so, i _like_ cut/paste :) l. -- -- Information I post is with honesty, integrity, and the expectation that you will take full responsibility if acting on the information contained, and that, should you find it to be flawed or even mildly useful, you will act with both honesty and integrity in return - and tell me. -- lkcl.net
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