From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from zombie.ncsc.mil (zombie.ncsc.mil [144.51.88.131]) by tycho.ncsc.mil (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i87CDqrT025575 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 08:13:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp.sws.net.au (jazzdrum.ncsc.mil [144.51.5.7]) by zombie.ncsc.mil (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i87CDoll007122 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 12:13:51 GMT From: Russell Coker Reply-To: russell@coker.com.au To: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Subject: Re: dpkg and selinux Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 22:13:47 +1000 Cc: SE-Linux , debian-dpkg@lists.debian.org References: <20040831234115.GZ4375@lkcl.net> <20040901101921.GC5882@lkcl.net> <20040901174718.GE4400@lkcl.net> In-Reply-To: <20040901174718.GE4400@lkcl.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <200409072213.47126.russell@coker.com.au> Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 03:47, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > consequently, in short, it's probably best to patch dpkg's > "tarobject()" function to set the SE/Linux file permissions, > and to have those permissions preserved as the unpacked > archive is then moved into place. That's probably correct. Code contributions are welcome... -- http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced Linux packages http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page -- 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.