Re: file_contexts.homedirs and new users
On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 20:42:23 +0200,
Klaus Lichtenwalder <k.lichtenwalder(a)computer.org> wrote:
Hi,
I just stumbled about the effect that adding a new user and creating a
.ssh directory does not automatically fix its context though it's listed
in file_contexts.homedirs (this was done via unattended package
installs). It is fixed by an explicit restorecon, though.
I searched google up and down and did not find how/when the
homedirs-File gets applied. Restorecon explicitely used sets the context
to home_ssh_t and everything is fine. So sorry if I missed something
obvious, but I just don't get how and when the policy from
file_contexts.homedirs gets applied
(it's on an up to date F12 system)
The file context information only gets used when relabelling.
The context of new created files and directories depends on the context of
the directory they are being created in and the context of the process
doing the creation and any manual overrides made by the creating process.