Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 15:23:18 +0200, > Jim Meyering <meyering@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> At first, when I saw that the SELinux-enabled cp provides a new >> --context=CTX option, I figured mv should have the same one, since >> mv sometimes needs to perform a copy. But a better way to look at >> that is to wonder if cp really needs the option. It's for _copying_ >> after all: preserving, not changing permissions or SELinux "labels". >> When I raised the issue on the SELinux mailing list, most agreed that >> neither mv nor cp need that option. Of course, regardless of whether >> there are new options, mv should always attempt to preserve any existing >> SELinux context, and cp should be able to do so, too. > > Note that cp doesn't copy (group) ownership and permissions (unmask is > applied) by default. It may make sense to let --preserve and -p control > whether the original context is copied over. > Can you tell me how to join this SELinux mailing list? -- Michael Yep Development / Technical Operations RemoteLink, Inc. 800-362-9446 x164 GPG Key 0x126439D9
