Re: [RFC][PATCH] Generic fallback for security xattrs

From: Casey Schaufler (casey@schaufler-ca.com)
Date: Tue Jul 26 2005 - 08:06:49 PDT


--- Stephen Smalley <sds@private> wrote:

> On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 07:33 -0700, Casey Schaufler
> wrote:
> > I still think that putting the explicit call
> > into each filesystem that needs it is the right
> > approach with the right granularity because
> > the behavior is file system specific.
> > 
> > But heck, you're putting the code in. It
> > would be more work to do it the way I'm
> > suggesting.
> 
> The behavior isn't truly filesystem-specific when
> the filesystem has no
> xattr support ;)

Nope. Woundn't buy that arguement for a nickel.




Casey Schaufler
casey@schaufler-ca.com


		
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