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SELinux Mailing ListRe: Desktop apps interoperability
From: Ivan Gyurdiev <ivg2_at_cornell.edu>
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 00:27:31 -0500
Part of the problem seems to be the way Linux apps treat /home, as the place for everything. Why are both app. settings and user data stored in /home as the default location. That's where the problem comes from, and that seems like a bad idea - the user doesn't care about app settings and system files - they are not to be edited directly. That's why they're hidden in the first place. Now Windows' approach of having "My Documents" and the like is starting to make a lot of sense (even though I absolutely hate those names). If app settings were kept separate, in a non-selinux environment you could export your data files w/out exporting hidden important files like your gpg keys. If app settings were kept separate, you could restorecon those settings to correct contexts. Dwalsh said restorecon skips /home today because it could accidentaly reveal out-of-place gpg keys, or because it might be really big. Both those problems would not apply if settings were in a separate place - you could just restorecon the settings. -- Ivan Gyurdiev <ivg2@cornell.edu> Cornell University -- 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.Received on Mon 28 Mar 2005 - 00:22:52 EST |
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Date Posted: Jan 15, 2009 | Last Modified: Jan 15, 2009 | Last Reviewed: Jan 15, 2009 |