On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 11:06 -0700, Vadym Chepkov wrote: > Hi, > > Could you explain me, please, the behavior of the restorecon utility. > > I added the following in the local.fc file > > # phpbb > /var/www/phpbb/cache(/.*)? gen_context(system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_script_rw_t,s0) > /var/www/phpbb/files(/.*)? gen_context(system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_script_rw_t,s0) > > compiled and installed policy, seems to be in place. > > # semanage fcontext -l|grep phpbb > /var/www/phpbb/cache(/.*)? all files system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_script_rw_t:s0 > /var/www/phpbb/files(/.*)? all files system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_script_rw_t:s0 > > But when now I run restorecon -vR /var/www/phpbb/ > it doesn't do anything. I would expect it to changed context on two directories and files in them. > > Only if I specify -F (force) I relabel everything. > I can't quite grasp why sometimes I don't have to supply -F and sometimes I do. Not completely sure but i think it may have to do with customizable types. Customizable types are types that should not be relabeled. This can be overridden with the -F (force) option. Again i am not quite sure if this is the case here because in my system the httpd_sys_content_t type is not added to the customizable_types files. less /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/custom* If i am wrong i hope someone will correct me. > Thank you. > > Sincerely yours, > Vadym Chepkov > > -- > fedora-selinux-list mailing list > fedora-selinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-selinux-list
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