Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hello all, > > Amongst Christian's various other SELinux contributions, over the past > several years Christian has been working on improving the SELinux > integration in systemd. One of the things that Christian has been > working on is revamping the SELinux permissions that systemd uses for > unitfile operations, both to resolve problems and generally improve > the mapping of permissions to systemd operations. As this work has > been languishing for several years, I would like to see if we can get > things "unstuck" by proposing two things: > > 1. I've provided links to the systemd GH PRs below, but I think it > might be helpful if Christian could provide a quick summary of the new > permissions, how they map to systemd operations, and how they map to > the existing SELinux/systemd permissions with a focus on helping > policy developers migrate existing SELinux policies. > > 2. Given the significance of systemd to modern Linux distributions, I > think it might be a good idea if we selected a SELinux "liaison" for > the systemd project. This person, or group of people, would work with > the systemd folks to keep the SELinux integration in good working > order, review systemd code as necessary, and help represent the > SELinux project within systemd. > > How does that sound to everyone? If we are in agreement on #2, and > assuming he would be willing to help out, I would like to nominate > Christian as our SELinux liaison to systemd; any objections? Anyone > else interested in helping out? I agree with the Christian's nomination. As for #1, I looked on both, but I have to admit that I had a lack of understanding of the problem and so I would need some time to get into it. Therefore I postponed it due to other priorities, (but never come back). If it's still open I'll focus on it next week. > For reference, Christian's systemd PRs on GH: > * https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/10023 > * https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/20387 > Thanks, Petr
