Re: [PATCH 04/10] SELinux: Add new labeling type native labels

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On Wed, 7 Jul 2010, David P. Quigley wrote:

> There currently doesn't exist a labeling type that is adequate for use with
> labeled NFS. Since NFS doesn't really support xattrs we can't use the use xattr
> labeling behavior. For this we developed a new labeling type. The native
> labeling type is used solely by NFS to ensure NFS inodes are labeled at runtime
> by the NFS code instead of relying on the SELinux security server on the client
> end.

It would be useful to have the ability to specify labeling behavior on a 
per-mount basis, with the default remaining as genfs.

Otherwise, this is a global policy decision which affects all NFSv4 
mounts, right?


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James Morris
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