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 i7GMCOrT010165 for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 18:12:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from open.hands.com (jazzhorn.ncsc.mil [144.51.5.9]) by mummy.ncsc.mil (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i7GMBhqL027775 for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 22:11:44 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by open.hands.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 680D9BF9C for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 23:12:19 +0100 (BST) Received: from open.hands.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (open [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 08649-01-3 for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 23:12:16 +0100 (BST) Received: from lkcl.net (host81-152-10-162.range81-152.btcentralplus.com [81.152.10.162]) by open.hands.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C7E6BF85 for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 23:12:16 +0100 (BST) Received: from lkcl by lkcl.net with local (Exim 4.24) id 1BwpsV-0005TQ-Dy for selinux@tycho.nsa.gov; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 23:22:55 +0100 Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 23:22:55 +0100 From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton To: SE-Linux Subject: [owner@bugs.debian.org: Bug#265920 acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#265920: kdm 3.3 is deleting /var/run/xdmctl (causes problem under selinux))] Message-ID: <20040816222255.GF18321@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 okay, there's a way to "keep" the directory... ----- Forwarded message from Debian Bug Tracking System ----- Envelope-to: lkcl@localhost Delivery-date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 22:42:09 +0100 X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.2 From: Debian Bug Tracking System To: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Subject: Bug#265920 acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#265920: kdm 3.3 is deleting /var/run/xdmctl (causes problem under selinux)) X-Debian-PR-Message: they-closed 265920 X-Debian-PR-Package: kdm X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Reply-To: 265920@bugs.debian.org X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p7 (Debian) at hands.com This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report #265920: kdm 3.3 is deleting /var/run/xdmctl (causes problem under selinux), which was filed against the kdm package. It has been closed by one of the developers, namely Adeodato =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sim=F3?= . Their explanation is attached below. If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate message then please contact the developer, by replying to this email. Debian bug tracking system administrator (administrator, Debian Bugs database) Received: (at 265920-done) by bugs.debian.org; 16 Aug 2004 19:38:18 +0000 >>From asp16@alu.ua.es Mon Aug 16 12:38:18 2004 Return-path: Received: from 84-120-64-227.onocable.ono.com (chistera.yi.org) [84.120.64.227] by spohr.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) id 1BwnJC-0006fL-00; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 12:38:18 -0700 Received: from userid 1000 by chistera.yi.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1BwnJ8-0006Nq-0R; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 21:38:14 +0200 Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 21:38:14 +0200 From: Adeodato =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sim=F3?= To: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton , 265920-done@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#265920: kdm 3.3 is deleting /var/run/xdmctl (causes problem under selinux) Message-ID: <20040816193813.GA24520@chistera.yi.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: X-No-CC: Please respect my Mail-Followup-To header User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040810i Delivered-To: 265920-done@bugs.debian.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_03_25 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_ENDS_IN_NUMS, HAS_BUG_NUMBER autolearn=no version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_03_25 X-Spam-Level: * Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton [Sun, 15 Aug 2004 19:36:19 +0100]: > the directory is being deleted and recreated. > whilst this makes it nice and easy for dealing with sockets in it, > it makes for an impossible situation for selinux. > the issue is that kdm will have to be given both unlink and write access > to /var/run, in order for /var/run/xdmctl to be deleted and recreated. > neither of these things are desirable. > this behaviour was not present in kdm 3.2.X. you have two options: # touch /var/run/xdmctl/.keep kdm will refrain from unlinking the directory, then (checked). set, in /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc, FifoDir to some directory which you don't mind being created and unlinked on each kdm start-stop cycle. e.g. FifoDir=/tmp/xdmctl. I'm closing this bug, since I can't see why at least one of these options won't work for you. thanks, and please write back if this doesn't solve your problem, -- Adeodato Sim? EM: asp16 [ykwim] alu.ua.es | PK: DA6AE621 Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. ----- End forwarded message ----- -- -- Truth, honesty and respect are rare commodities that all spring from the same well: Love. If you love yourself and everyone and everything around you, funnily and coincidentally enough, life gets a lot better. -- lkcl.net
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