change Selinux context in %post?

[Daniel J Walsh]

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On 02/06/2014 12:44 PM, Richard Shaw wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 11:37 AM, Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh at redhat.com 
> <mailto:dwalsh at redhat.com>> wrote:
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> On 02/06/2014 02:39 PM, Richard Shaw wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 2:49 AM, Miroslav Suchý <msuchy at redhat.com
> <mailto:msuchy at redhat.com>> wrote:
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>>> On 02/05/2014 08:24 PM, Richard Shaw wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Are there official guidelines on how to handle selinux contexts in 
>>>> packaging? I can still only find the draft which seems way more 
>>>> complicated than necessary for my needs.
>>>> 
>>>> I'm working on a package that uses mongodb internally (runs it's own 
>>>> instance). Selinux is complaining because it has mongodb creating
>>>> the database (and logs) outside of the normal locations
> You need to tell SELinux about the labels.
> 
> semanage fcontext -e /var/lib/mysql PATHTO/mysql restorecon -R -v
> PATHTO/mysql
> 
> Is probably what you want.
> 
> 
> Ok, I ended up getting to the same place using "-a mongod_var_lib_t"... Now
> how to turn that into a policy I can package?
> 
> I ended up with this as the requirements to create a functional package:
> 
> /var/lib/unifi/logs(/.*)?    system_u:object_r:mongod_var_lib_t:s0 
> /var/lib/unifi/data(/.*)?    system_u:object_r:mongod_var_lib_t:s0 portcon
> tcp 27117 system_u:object_r:mongod_port_t:s0
> 
> Thanks, Ricahrd
> 
> 
Most likely the better solution would have been

/var/lib/unifi/logs(/.*)?    system_u:object_r:mongod_log_t:s0

SHould these go into Fedora Policy?
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