Re: Added is_context_configurable function

From: Casey Schaufler <casey_at_schaufler-ca.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:19:48 -0800 (PST)

• Colin Walters <walters@redhat.com> wrote:

> I feel that the
> on-disk version should be canonical, and the
> file_contexts only used for
> system initialization.

I'd have to recheck the LSPP spec, but the B1 requirements clearly stated that MAC labels had to be stored on the same media as the files. The "closer" the MAC attribute is to the file, the better. Hence an attribute of the file with the MAC label is prefered to a file or database. Further, the attribute must be associated with the file, not a pathname. Files can exist, after all, without a pathname.

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