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From: Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>
To: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov
Subject: Why does SELinux treat access(file, W_OK) the same way as write(fd, "XYZ")?
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:27:21 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45115DD9.2020603@redhat.com> (raw)

Shouldn't the access(file, W_OK) be treated as a getattr rather then a 
write access?

Several apps including the kernel do access checks on open file 
descriptors and we end up having to write dontaudit rules on {read write 
append} when what we really only want to allow the getattr.

Dan

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             reply	other threads:[~2006-09-20 15:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-09-20 15:27 Daniel J Walsh [this message]
2006-09-20 21:03 ` Why does SELinux treat access(file, W_OK) the same way as write(fd, "XYZ")? Stephen Smalley

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