On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 8:01 PM Ian Pilcher <arequipeno@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 7/26/20 11:01 AM, Nicolas Iooss wrote: > > I guess this is due the rule 3 documented in > > https://manpages.debian.org/experimental/libselinux1-dev/selabel_lookup_best_match_raw.3.en.html > > (source https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/blob/master/libselinux/man/man3/selabel_lookup_best_match.3): > > > > The order of precedence for best match is: > > 1. An exact match for the real path (key) or > > 2. An exact match for any of the links (aliases), or > > 3. The longest fixed prefix match. > > > > I guess that in your policy, there is a rule that states that > > /usr/bin(/.*)? is labeled bin_t. As both /usr/bin(/.*)? and > > /usr(/local)?/bin/raidcheck match /usr/bin/raidcheck, the order of > > precedence is determined by the number of characters before the first > > special characters (that indidate a regular expression). As > > /usr/bin(/.*)? has a longer "fixed prefix", it is the one that > > matches. > > I can't find a '/usr/bin(/.*)?' rule. 'semanage fcontext --list' should > show it, right? > > [root@n5550 files]# semanage fcontext --list | egrep '/usr/bin\(' > /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin(/.*)? regular file > system_u:object_r:bin_t:s0 Yes, on my system (that uses refpolicy): # semanage fcontext --list | egrep '/usr/bin\(' /usr/bin(/.*)? all files system_u:object_r:bin_t > But I suspect that your reasoning is still correct. I wasn't aware of > the precedence rule. The first "special character" does come pretty > early in my rule, so it's likely that something that's considered more > specific would match. > > > Does using "/usr/bin/raidcheck > > system_u:object_r:raidcheck_exec_t:s0" fix your issue? If yes, you can > > either duplicate the line (by adding both /usr/bin/... and > > /usr/local/bin/...), or configure a substitution pattern such that > > /usr/local/bin... gets transformed into /usr/bin/... before searching > > for patterns. > > '/usr/bin/raidcheck' and '/usr/local/bin/raidcheck' both work, so I'll > likely just go with that. Great! Glad I could help fix your issue. Cheers, Nicolas