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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:13:53 -0500
From: Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>
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To: Andy Warner <warner@rubix.com>
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Subject: Re: odd behavior of newrole setting level
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On 01/26/2010 10:12 PM, Andy Warner wrote:
> Can someone explain why the first newrole (newrole -l s0) from the
> commands below fails while the second newrole (newrole -l SystemLow)
> succeeds. I am using Fedora 12 fully updated, the mls policy and the
> mcstrans label translation service. s0 is mapped to SystemLow.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Andy
> 
> $ id -Z
> staff_u:staff_r:staff_t:SystemLow-SystemHigh
> $ newrole -l s0
> staff_u:staff_r:staff_t:s0-SystemHigh is not a valid context
> $ newrole -l SystemLow
> Password:
> $ id -Z
> staff_u:staff_r:staff_t:SystemLow-SystemHigh
> $ newrole -l s0-s0
> Password:
> $ id -Z
> staff_u:staff_r:staff_t:SystemLow
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
Looks like a bug in mcstrans.

Translated s0 into s0-SystemHigh I would guess.



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