Hi!
> > In a smaller scale example, I want to share some files with a friend. I
> > can't be bothered to set up a proper access control system, so I just mv
> > the files to ~crispin/public_html/lookitme and in IRC say "get it now,
> > going away in 10 minutes" and then move it out again. Yes, you can
> > manually address this by running "restorecon ~crispin/public_html". But
> > AA does this automatically without having to run any commands.
> If you share ~crispin/public_html/lookitme by making a hard link,
> does relabeling approach work?
> I thought SELinux allows only one label for one file.
> If AA (on the top of SELinux) tries to allow different permissions to
> ~crispin/public_html/lookitme and its original location,
> either one of two pathnames won't be accessible as intended, will it?
Yes, that's a bug/feature in AA. No, selinux will not be able to emulate that
bug/feature. Yes, it is dangerous, as it makes AA mostly useless on
multiuser machines.
(ln /etc/shadow /tmp is something any user can do, and all you need is
to exploit any daemon with access to /tmp).
Pavel
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