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 i82Jh6rT002527 for ; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 15:43:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mx1.redhat.com (jazzhorn.ncsc.mil [144.51.5.9]) by mummy.ncsc.mil (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i82Jg840008417 for ; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 19:42:16 GMT Message-ID: <413777B3.1090009@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 15:42:43 -0400 From: Daniel J Walsh MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton CC: Stephen Smalley , Jim Carter , Russell Coker , SELinux Subject: Re: Latest Patches References: <200408241818.40064.russell@coker.com.au> <1093640295.24188.29.camel@moss-lions.epoch.ncsc.mil> <200408282346.05926.russell@coker.com.au> <1093897455.3227.6.camel@moss-lions.epoch.ncsc.mil> <41371628.2020408@redhat.com> <1094129654.17265.30.camel@moss-spartans.epoch.ncsc.mil> <41373AEE.1040206@redhat.com> <1094139993.17265.232.camel@moss-spartans.epoch.ncsc.mil> <41374200.3000005@redhat.com> <20040902194822.GI5745@lkcl.net> In-Reply-To: <20040902194822.GI5745@lkcl.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 11:53:36AM -0400, Daniel J Walsh wrote: > > > >>>That doesn't make it correct. You can't just change the existing >>>labeling behavior and superblock type for the tmpfs internal mount for >>>shmem. As per prior discussions on this list with Luke, you want to: >>>- mount tmpfs on /dev with fscontext=system_u:object_r:device_t (James >>>sent Arjan the necessary patch for that along with the xattr handler >>>based on the earlier patches by Luke) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>We can't do that because the file system is mounted in the initrd before >>context is loaded >> >> > > um. why? *curious*. > > i mean, why mount the /dev filesystem in the initrd ? > > and, also, why before running /sbin/init? [hope i'm right about that] > > l. > > > I am guessing certain devices are required before /sbin/init is started. Devices required to mount the / file system? Dan -- 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.