hello everyone,

thanks for the quick and helpful responses regarding libattr.  i managed 
to get that up and running. now im stuck at another problem, and need 
help with that.

i downloaded the util-linux source, and applied the patch to it using

patch -p1 < util-linux-selinux.patch

*******************
patching file login-utils/Makefile
patching file login-utils/login.c
Hunk #4 succeeded at 881 (offset -16 lines).
Hunk #5 succeeded at 1072 (offset -15 lines).
Hunk #6 succeeded at 1086 (offset -15 lines).
Hunk #7 succeeded at 1168 (offset -15 lines).
Hunk #8 FAILED at 1253.
Hunk #9 succeeded at 1285 (offset -28 lines).
1 out of 9 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file login-utils/login.c.rej
patching file login-utils/chfn.c
patching file login-utils/vipw.c
patching file login-utils/chsh.c
patching file login-utils/selinux_utils.h
patching file login-utils/selinux_utils.c
patching file MCONFIG
Hunk #1 succeeded at 18 with fuzz 2.
*******************


but the patch gives an error on login.c and creates a login.c.rej file 
(i'm attaching it). I tried compiling inspite of this patch error, and 
everything compiles fine without complaints, but the login program has 
not been updated. 

im trying to do this on a debian woody, for kernel selinux2.4.21. Im new 
to patching, so i might be doing something wrong at a very basic level. :)

Thanks in advance,

regards,
Gami