Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] doc: Clarify usage of SELinux baselabel

On 04/24/2013 07:30 AM, Peter Krempa wrote: > State what fields are used when generating SELinux labels from a > baselabel. > --- > docs/formatdomain.html.in | 9 +++++++-- > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in > index 888c005..9118ff0 100644 > --- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in > +++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in > @@ -4596,8 +4596,13 @@ qemu-kvm -net nic,model=? /dev/null > </dd> > <dt><code>baselabel</code></dt> > <dd>If dynamic labelling is used, this can optionally be > - used to specify the base security label. The format > - of the content depends on the security driver in use. > + used to specify the base security label that will be used to generate > + the actual label. The format of the content depends on the security > + driver in use. > + > + The SELinux driver uses only the <code>type</code> field of the > + baselabel in the generated label. Other fields are inherited from > + the parent process when using SELinux baselabels. ACK - definite improvement. Hmm - we already gave the example of: &lt;baselabel&gt;system_u:system_r:my_svirt_t:s0&lt;/baselabel&gt; Would it help to mention here that in the example above, the baselabel uses only the 'my_svirt_t' portion of the given label?