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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Smack: Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel
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On Aug 12, 2007, at 22:36:15, Joshua Brindle wrote:
> Kyle Moffett wrote:
>> On Aug 12, 2007, at 15:41:46, Casey Schaufler wrote:
>>> Your boolean solution requires more forthought than the Smack
>>> rule solution, but I'll give it to you once you've fleshed out
>>> your "##" lines.
>>
>> How does it require more forethought? When I want to turn it on,
>> I write and load the 5 line policy then add the cronjobs. Yours
>> involves giving cron unconditional permission to write to your
>> security database (always a bad idea) and then adding similar
>> cronjobs.
>
> nit: without the selinux policy server (which is not production
> ready by any means) we have to grant the same to cron in this case
> (or at least to the domain that cron runs the cronjobs in). SELinux
> and Smack alike need special permissions to modify the running
> policy, no surprises there.

Yeah, I figured this out a couple minutes ago. Turns out you can get
a similar effect with a little properly labeled shell script though
(text included in my last email), but it does decrease overall system
security.

Cheers,
Kyle Moffett

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