Re: [PATCH] Extended Attributes for Security Modules against 2.5.68

From: Christoph Hellwig (hchat_private)
Date: Thu Apr 24 2003 - 06:03:59 PDT

  • Next message: Stephen Smalley: "Re: [PATCH] Extended Attributes for Security Modules against 2.5.68"

    On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 08:55:46AM -0400, Stephen Smalley wrote:
    > attributes.  Andreas Gruenbacher had suggested during the earlier thread
    > that we use something like the xattr_trusted.c attribute handler, so
    > that a single xattr handler would cover all security modules but each
    > security module could have its own attribute name (security.selinux,
    > security.dte, security.capabilities, etc).  As I explained during that
    > thread, I don't think we want to use the trusted attribute handler
    > itself due to its permission checking model,
    
    Hmm, what would you think of changing the xattr_trusted security
    model to fit your needs?  It's so far unused outside XFS and there's
    maybe a chance changing it.
    
    > but it would be easy to
    > make the xattr_security.c handler more like xattr_trusted.c in terms of
    > allowing arbitrary extensions of a "security." prefix.  Is that more to
    > your liking, or do you truly want a separate handler for each security
    > module?
    
    It's fine with me.
    
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