Re: Vanilla unix policy

On 10 Oct 2001, Justin R. Smith wrote:

> 2. Is there a simple policy that merely duplicates the one that
> implicitly exists in Linux already (i.e., user, group ownership and
> permissions)?

The SELinux access controls are orthogonal to the existing Linux access controls, so there isn't any reason to try to emulate the Linux access controls in the SELinux policy. The SELinux access controls can be used to further restrict access based on the system security policy, but they do not replace the existing controls. With the example security server, you can provide the "simple policy" that you describe by only using a single role, domain, and type for all subjects and objects and granting all permissions. Or you can use the trivial security server, although we haven't been maintaining it lately.

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Stephen D. Smalley, NAI Labs
ssmalley@nai.com




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