File Labeling

[Ted Toth]

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 5:24 PM, mantaray_1 <mantaray_1 at cox.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a directory which is set to label its contents with a particular
> label, and I have a file within this directory that is set to receive a
> different label.  If this file is deleted, and a new file with the same
> name is created, the new file receives the label from the parent
> directory instead of its correct label.  If I relabel the filesystem,
> the file gets the correct label, but I would like to have it labeled
> correctly when it is created.  Is this possible?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ken.
>
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Not unless the creating app calls setfscreatecon with the context
you'd like them to be prior to creating the file.

Ted