From: Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>
To: David C Casler <david.casler@us.ibm.com>
Cc: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov
Subject: Re: Using IBM's GPFS with SE Linux Extended Attributes
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:41:26 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4AFC48C6.7000806@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <OF1F451064.9EB65F42-ON8725766B.0067616B-8725766B.0067833A@us.ibm.com>
On 11/11/2009 01:50 PM, David C Casler wrote:
>
> Has anyone had success using IBM's General Parallel File System (GPFS) in
> such a way that it respects SE Linux extended file attributes? I'm turning
> up blanks everywhere I look, and there are those who say it can't be done.
>
> Dave Casler, IBM Global Services
> Senior IT Architect
> Voice: +1-970-964-5350
> e-mail: david.casler@us.ibm.com
SELinux policy does not know what a gpfs is, so it would not know whether or not it supports extended attributes.
Why is the file system type?
Probably need a line in policy like
fs_use_xattr gpfs gen_context(system_u:object_r:fs_t,s0);
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2009-11-11 18:50 Using IBM's GPFS with SE Linux Extended Attributes David C Casler
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