RE: File Labeling

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Ted Toth wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 5:24 PM, mantaray_1 <mantaray_1@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a directory which is set to label its contents with a
> particular
> > label, and I have a file within this directory that is set to receive
> a
> > different label.  If this file is deleted, and a new file with the
> same
> > name is created, the new file receives the label from the parent
> > directory instead of its correct label.  If I relabel the filesystem,
> > the file gets the correct label, but I would like to have it labeled
> > correctly when it is created.  Is this possible?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Ken.
> >
> 
> Not unless the creating app calls setfscreatecon with the context
> you'd like them to be prior to creating the file.
> 
> Ted

You can relabel the file itself after creation: "restorecon <filename>" or
have restorecond watch for the file's creation.  See "man restorecond".


Moray.
?To err is human; to purr, feline.?




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