Re: [PATCH] Extended Attributes for Security Modules against 2.5.68

From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Wed Apr 23 2003 - 14:49:18 EST

On Wed, 23 Apr 2003 12:40:51 PDT, Chris Wright said:
> * Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu) wrote:
> >
> > The requirement that things like ls, find, cp and so on know where to look
> > for these things trumps any "purity of labels" arguments.
>
> Sorry, I don't follow you.

Wrong Chris. I meant Christoph Hellig's argument that each module should have
its own unique xattr, where other modules/tools wouldn't necessarily have
a reason to look, so you end up having to do a 'foreach xattr { guess if
this is really what we're looking for}' loop.


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