From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from facesaver.epoch.ncsc.mil (facesaver [144.51.25.10]) by tarius.tycho.ncsc.mil (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l9PHRlhM009773 for ; Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:27:47 -0400 Message-ID: <4720D211.1000507@tycho.nsa.gov> Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:27:45 -0400 From: Eamon Walsh MIME-Version: 1.0 To: SELinux List CC: "Christopher J. PeBenito" , Daniel J Walsh Subject: What domain should the X server run in Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov The X server runs as xdm_xserver_t if it is started from a display manager. It runs as user_xserver_t if it is started with startx. Is the X server part of the user's session or not? If it is, then it should always run as user_xserver_t, and the display managers should be "fixed" to label the X server with the user's context at login time. It if isn't, then it should always run in the same domain, and startx/xinit should be "fixed" to transition into this context. From my perspective I would favor the latter option for now since it's easier to write policy for. The user's individual windows can be labeled with a per-user type, maintaining separation. -- Eamon Walsh National Security Agency -- 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.