Re: LSM kernel/user communication

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chrisat_private

* Jonathan Heusser (jonnyat_private) wrote:

> At the moment I'm parsing the config file with a userland tool and I'm 
> using the sys_security syscall
> to transfer all the information to the module ..but it's quite unhandy.

Definitely do any config file parsing in userspace.  A filesystem
interface is a simple way to talk through to the kernel.  The sys_security
interface was not accepted into the mainline kernel, so it is not reliable
for the 2.5 lsm tree.

thanks,
-chris
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