From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from goalie.tycho.ncsc.mil (goalie [144.51.242.250]) by tarius.tycho.ncsc.mil (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s3R8StJm011492 for ; Sun, 27 Apr 2014 04:28:55 -0400 Received: by mail-pa0-f49.google.com with SMTP id lj1so4669256pab.36 for ; Sun, 27 Apr 2014 01:28:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.2] ([117.208.67.7]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id g6sm70039018pat.2.2014.04.27.01.28.52 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 27 Apr 2014 01:28:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <535CBF28.8000809@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 13:56:16 +0530 From: dE MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov Subject: Re: Why is SELINUXTYPE policy specific? References: <5353BC31.3070404@gmail.com> <5355F720.7010605@gmail.com> <5356664E.7050309@tycho.nsa.gov> <535B5AEE.2020806@gmail.com> <1398521872.16991.22.camel@x220.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1398521872.16991.22.camel@x220.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed List-Id: "Security-Enhanced Linux \(SELinux\) mailing list" List-Post: List-Help: On 04/26/14 19:47, Dominick Grift wrote: > On Sat, 2014-04-26 at 12:36 +0530, dE wrote: > >> So I dont understand the purpose of SELINUXTYPE. Can someone please explain? > It allows one to have more than a single policy installed at any given > time, which in turn enables one to relatively easily switch between > policies. > > > > > Thanks for clearing that up everyone!