Re: [PATCH] Introduce new LSM hooks where vfsmount is available.

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On Wed, 24 Sep 2008, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:

> Quoting Kentaro Takeda (takedakn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx):

[please trim quoted material..]

> > 
> > +config SECURITY_PATH
> > +	bool "Security hooks for pathname based access control"
> > +	depends on SECURITY
> > +	help
> > +	  This enables the security hooks for pathname based access control.
> > +	  If enabled, a security module can use these hooks to
> > +	  implement pathname based access controls.
> > +	  If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
> 
> Is there any reason why users should have to deal with this option?
> Would it make sense in this case to make the option and have tomoyo and
> apparmor select it?

Who are users in this case?  It's probably useful as a separate option for 
testing purposes and for people doing development.  LSMs which depend on 
it should probably still use SELECT in any case.

-- 
James Morris
<jmorris@xxxxxxxxx>
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