Re: SELinux for upstream coreutils, finally (RFC: does mkdir need -Z?)

[Russell Coker]

On Friday 30 March 2007 21:18, Jim Meyering <address@hidden> wrote:
> Regarding the --context=C (-Z C) option that is now accepted by
> mkdir, mknod, mkfifo, and install, I am inclined to

Currently mkdir, mknod, and mkfifo support a -m option to set the mode.  
Install has options to also set the owner and group.

I think that all programs which set the uid and gid of a file should also be 
able to set the SE Linux context.

It also seems reasonable that a program which can create a file with 
particular permissions should also be permitted to create it with a 
particular context.

> I'm still not entirely convinced that mkdir, mknod, mkfifo, and install
> need the option, and would welcome opinions one way or the other.  There's
> a good chance that I'll remove those -Z options before coreutils-6.10.

Oh well, if you merge most of the changes then that's still less work for us 
in maintaining patches.

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