Re: default user context on fedorapeople.org

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On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 05:35:46PM -0400, seth vidal wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:33:26 -0400
> Konstantin Ryabitsev <icon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 2012-03-27 at 17:17 -0400, seth vidal wrote:
> > > And that is the more or less it - does anyone have any
> > > suggestions/thoughts? 
> > 
> > You don't have to limit yourself to picking between user_u or guest_u.
> > You can create another role, such as "fedorauser_u" that is basically
> > guest_u, except you can then add specific policies via SELinux roles,
> > such as:
> > 
> > irc_role(fedorauser_t, fedorauser_r)
> > 
> > Which should let them run an IRC client such as irsii.
> > 
> > On the other hand, just setting user_u is a good start and a lot less
> > work.
> 
> 
> Except it is more or less where we are now.
> 
> ie: user can run stuff but they cannot put any exec or suid files in
> any place they can write.
> 
> The debate is not about whether or not to enable this - it is about
> whether we need to allow network connections at all.
> 
> Allowing irc out or ssh tunnels is not significant more safety
> over just allowing general network communication, afaict.
> 
I do find it useful to be able to ssh files from fedorapeople to other hosts
at times (if I've uploaded them there at one point and then later realize
I need them somewhere else as well).

Can't think of anything else where I need to initiate a network connection
from fedorapeople.org

-Toshio

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