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On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 01:55:08PM +0200, Ivan Gooten wrote: |
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> which results in console for user root context like |
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> "root:sysadm_r:sysadm_t", |
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That's good. |
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> whereas in X11 terminal, (after switching from ivan user to root by su -) |
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> -> "staff_u:staff_r:staff_t". |
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That's almost good ;-) |
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> I understand that in X11 term I'll have to "newrole -r sysadm_r" for root |
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> everytime, when I will want to administrate the system? |
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Yes, you need to switch roles (first switch roles, then use su(do)) every |
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time you need to do administrative changes (or queries) on the system. The |
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staff_r role is for regular operations (user) whereas sysadm_r is for system |
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administration. |
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> And what about the context's difference between root (root:...) logged from |
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> console and root (staff_u:...) logged via x11 terminal - is that wrong? |
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No, that's not wrong. If you log on directly as root, then your SELinux user |
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(the first part in the context) is "root". If you log on as someone else, |
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you get that SELinux user (such as "staff_u") which remains throughout your |
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session (SELinux users don't change, even when you do "su"). |
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Wkr, |
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Sven Vermeulen |
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