Re: base-files and /dev
On Wed, 24 Jul 2002 15:43, Richard Braakman wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 01:44:30PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote:
> > > However, it's labelled the same way as /dev/foo, isn't it?
> > > At least this is what it seems from this line:
> > >
> > > /dev(|/.*) system_u:object_r:device_t
> >
> > device_t is the default type for device nodes on a non-devfs system. On
> > a devfs system that won't be applied to /dev (unless a package claims to
> > own a file or device matching that regex).
>
> So why are you labeling /dev itself as a device node? That's what I
> don't understand.
device_t is for unspecified/unlabelled device nodes (which means no access)
and for the /dev directory when not using devfs.
It would probably be best if you just went to #selinux on
irc.openprojects.net, then looked around a live Debian machine running SE
Linux to get a feel for how it works.
The people on #selinux will help you understand it.
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