/etc/login.defs created as /etc/login.defs.rpmnew
Matthew Saltzman
mjs at clemson.edu
Thu Jan 7 13:28:19 UTC 2010
On Thu, 2010-01-07 at 16:31 +1030, Tim wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 17:40 +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> > The best approach is usually to identify your own change, make the
> > same change in the .rpmnew file, then mv the .rpmnew file into place.
>
> What about SELinux issues when you mv instead of create new files?
I conjecture that it's not a problem in this case, as the perms are the
same for the new and old files:
$ ls -lZ /etc/login.defs*
-rw-r--r--. root root system_u:object_r:etc_t:s0 /etc/login.defs
-rw-r--r--. root root system_u:object_r:etc_t:s0 /etc/login.defs.rpmnew
>
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Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
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