On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 1:43 AM Petr Lautrbach <plautrba@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. Thanks. -- paul-moore.com
