Rahul Sundaram wrote:
Hi
Does ReiserFS handle SELinux content now? I seem to recall that a
filesystem other than ext2 / ext3 was capable of accomidating SELinux
content. Is the progress less than expected by this date?
Yes. It does. Along with XFS too I believe. There was a recent patch to
fix some compatibility issues with MLS and non MLS systems as reported
in LWN earlier.
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e517a0cd859ae0c4d9451107113fc2b076456f8f
Thanks! All I found when searching after replying was
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=selinux&m=112653995009765&q=raw
and brief information on xfs that was commented on earlier regarding
doubling the inode size.
Regarding SELinux, it has problems, but the problems are usually dealt
with quickly when information can be supplied to pinpoint where the
adjustments that need to be made. I find SELinux still to be rather
cryptic. It does however ease worries a bit that critical services and
processes are protected better than possible on a system where SELinux
is not used.
The reference policy (http://serefpolicy.sourceforge.net/) included in
this release is expected to improve that a lot by helping to add policy
information to the packages themselves and using loadable modules to add
additional flexibility by allowing better management of site specific
customizations. Firstboot and system-config-securitylevel allows you to
tweak SELinux booleans to add much of the flexibility required already.
Bug reports in bugzilla related to SELinux in Fedora are usually
responded to in a swift fashion. Discussion in fedora-selinux list have
also had a good noise/signal ratio. We expect to provide better
documentation in additional to the Fedora SELinux FAQ and RHEL SELinux
guides.
The documentation and configurability aspects interest me the most for
managing SELinux to a level I would feel comfortable with. All the goals
described in the link location that you posted above seem progressive
while still allowing legacy support for current variations.
XFS was probably the filesystem that was discussed instead of reiserfs
that I was vaguely recalling.
Jim
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