Re: I am more worried about open then read and write, SELinux needs open access checks.

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On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 10:48 -0800, Steve G wrote:
> > I would like to propose that we add one or more avc's to deal with
> > opening a file.  open or open_read open_write.  
> 
> 
> There are situations where apps should only do an open_append to make sure they don't erase anything. syslog, auditd, apache are a few apps that come to mind.
> 
> -Steve
> 


As far as I'm aware, SELinux, and this requested addition, doesn't
govern _how_ you write, just whether you _can_ write.

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