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 i9QHrlXZ014519 for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:53:48 -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 i9QHqTC0010698 for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 17:52:30 GMT Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 19:04:37 +0100 From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton To: Stephen Smalley Cc: Darrel Goeddel , "selinux@tycho.nsa.gov" , James Morris Subject: Re: [PATCH] devpts xattr support Message-ID: <20041026180437.GD8652@lkcl.net> References: <417E5BB5.1010300@trustedcs.com> <1098801765.27060.39.camel@moss-spartans.epoch.ncsc.mil> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1098801765.27060.39.camel@moss-spartans.epoch.ncsc.mil> Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 10:42:46AM -0400, Stephen Smalley wrote: > extended attributes (e.g. singe-level filesystems). So now would be a > good time to confirm that we want to proceed down this path of adding > more fake xattr handlers wherever the filesystem does not natively > support xattrs so that userspace can have a single consistent interface > for getting file contexts. especially as the author of squashfs is adding xattrs to his code [yes, i want to make a live-cd selinux system] especially as i have had to do some horrible things to fuse (userspace filesystem) to get it to cooperate with selinux. l. -- -- you don't have to BE MAD | this space | my brother wanted to join mensa, to work, but IT HELPS | for rent | for an ego trip - and get kicked you feel better! I AM | can pay cash | out for a even bigger one. -- -- 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.