On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 11:25:49AM -0700, Chris Wright wrote: > It's really a namespace issue for user apps trying to deal with xattrs. Yes. > Being able to display the xattrs associated with a file in sane way, > like getxattr(path, "system.security", ...). Otherwise something like > listxattr() then gettxttr(... "system.security.[blah]" ...). Total > freeform naming is a headache for userspace to deal with. Esp. since we > don't want to teach all userland tools about each individual module/policy. Randomly userland shouldn't deal with these xattrs. Remember you are talking about the ondisk represenation of your labelling - nothing but the labelling tools should ever touch it. > There were a couple proposals to use common root like "system.security." > (or the trusted namespace which was discussed in earlier threads). > > Would you still prefer module specific naming? Personally I give a damn about the actual naming. Just make sure that each name has a unique meaning associated with it. _______________________________________________ linux-security-module mailing list linux-security-moduleat_private http://mail.wirex.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-security-module
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