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 i6T93IrT017169 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 05:03:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp802.mail.ukl.yahoo.com (jazzhorn.ncsc.mil [144.51.5.9]) by mummy.ncsc.mil (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id i6T92mbB007614 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 09:02:48 GMT Received: from unknown (HELO hyd) (selinux@tycho.nsa.gov@81.152.10.162 with poptime) by smtp802.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with SMTP; 29 Jul 2004 09:03:18 -0000 Received: from highfield ([192.168.0.223] helo=lkcl.net) by hyd with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Bq6KY-0000yW-HP for selinux@tycho.nsa.gov; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 08:32:02 +0000 Received: from lkcl by lkcl.net with local (Exim 4.24) id 1Bq6zX-0001iT-Da for selinux@tycho.nsa.gov; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 10:14:23 +0100 Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 10:14:23 +0100 From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton To: SE-Linux Subject: udev and .dev... Message-ID: <20040729091423.GC6443@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 dear selinux people, ah ha! okay, the reason why my hard drive was inaccessible is because /.dev/* had all been set to default_t :) soooo... to fix that [rather than a patch, a sed command]: :%s/u?dev/.?u?dev/g this will allow setfiles to set up the security contexts on the /.dev which is the _real_ filesystem /dev stuff which will allow things like, oh, init (!!) to access the hard drive. argh :) 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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