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SELinux Mailing ListRe: X avcs
From: Eamon Walsh <ewalsh_at_tycho.nsa.gov>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:18:32 -0500
>> Eamon Walsh wrote: >> > Xavier Toth wrote: >> > >> >> Has this made it into the git tree yet? >> >> >> >> It's pushed into the XACE-SELINUX branch, so you can play with it now. >> I did some simple testing of the polyinstantiation and it worked OK for >> me. You'll need the kernel patch, an updated libselinux from SVN, and >> an updated refpolicy (or just add "getattr" and "setattr" permissions to >> your x_property class and tweak the x_contexts file to add poly_property >> notations). I'll push it into the master branch next week unless I get >> any feedback directing otherwise. >> > > I've been running the rawhide xserver and a patched metacity which > uses the _SELINUX_CLIENT_CONTEXT xproperty to get the context for > window labels. Because of my desire to maintain a working system I've > taken the approach of changing just one thing at a time. So I chose to > update my policy first by merging the refpolicy with the rawhide > source rpm and patch-20071130.patch. After a few issues I've built and > installed the new policy but now metacity is no longer getting a > context in _SELINUX_CLIENT_CONTEXT. I've looked around in the audit > log but nothing jumps out at me as being amiss. Any ideas on how I can > track down why this property was impacted by this new policy? > Look in the Xorg.0.log file for SELinux messages. The extension might have disabled itself, perhaps because the object classes and permissions weren't right. -- Eamon Walsh <ewalsh@tycho.nsa.gov> National Security Agency -- 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 Fri 15 Feb 2008 - 12:18:38 EST |
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Date Posted: Jan 15, 2009 | Last Modified: Jan 15, 2009 | Last Reviewed: Jan 15, 2009 |
