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1 files changed, 34 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/src/install.c b/src/install.c
index a5ed7a821..707665526 100644
--- a/src/install.c
+++ b/src/install.c
@@ -279,7 +279,6 @@ cp_option_init (struct cp_options *x)
x->reduce_diagnostics=false;
x->data_copy_required = true;
x->require_preserve = false;
- x->require_preserve_context = false;
x->require_preserve_xattr = false;
x->recursive = false;
x->sparse_mode = SPARSE_AUTO;
@@ -295,7 +294,9 @@ cp_option_init (struct cp_options *x)
x->open_dangling_dest_symlink = false;
x->update = false;
- x->preserve_security_context = false;
+ x->require_preserve_context = false; /* Not used by install currently. */
+ x->preserve_security_context = false; /* Whether to copy context from src. */
+ x->set_security_context = false; /* Whether to set sys default context. */
x->preserve_xattr = false;
x->verbose = false;
x->dest_info = NULL;
@@ -305,7 +306,8 @@ cp_option_init (struct cp_options *x)
#ifdef ENABLE_MATCHPATHCON
/* Modify file context to match the specified policy.
If an error occurs the file will remain with the default directory
- context. */
+ context. Note this sets the context to that returned by matchpathcon,
+ and thus discards MLS levels and user identity of the FILE. */
static void
setdefaultfilecon (char const *file)
{
@@ -359,7 +361,8 @@ setdefaultfilecon (char const *file)
first_call = false;
/* If there's an error determining the context, or it has none,
- return to allow default context */
+ return to allow default context. Note the "<<none>>" check
+ is only needed for libselinux < 1.20 (2005-01-04). */
if ((matchpathcon (file, st.st_mode, &scontext) != 0)
|| STREQ (scontext, "<<none>>"))
{
@@ -644,8 +647,8 @@ In the 4th form, create all components of the given DIRECTORY(ies).\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
--preserve-context preserve SELinux security context\n\
- -Z, --context=CONTEXT set SELinux security context of files and directories\
-\n\
+ -Z, --context[=CTX] set SELinux security context of destination file to\n\
+ default type, or to CTX if specified\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
@@ -791,7 +794,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
we'll actually use backup_suffix_string. */
backup_suffix_string = getenv ("SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX");
- while ((optc = getopt_long (argc, argv, "bcCsDdg:m:o:pt:TvS:Z:", long_options,
+ while ((optc = getopt_long (argc, argv, "bcCsDdg:m:o:pt:TvS:Z", long_options,
NULL)) != -1)
{
switch (optc)
@@ -863,7 +866,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
break;
case PRESERVE_CONTEXT_OPTION:
- if ( ! selinux_enabled)
+ if (! selinux_enabled)
{
error (0, 0, _("WARNING: ignoring --preserve-context; "
"this kernel is not SELinux-enabled"));
@@ -873,14 +876,27 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
use_default_selinux_context = false;
break;
case 'Z':
- if ( ! selinux_enabled)
+ if (selinux_enabled)
{
- error (0, 0, _("WARNING: ignoring --context (-Z); "
- "this kernel is not SELinux-enabled"));
- break;
+ /* Disable use of the install(1) specific setdefaultfilecon().
+ Note setdefaultfilecon() is different from the newer and more
+ generic restorecon() in that the former sets the context of
+ the dest files to that returned by matchpathcon directly,
+ thus discarding MLS level and user identity of the file.
+ TODO: consider removing setdefaultfilecon() in future. */
+ use_default_selinux_context = false;
+
+ if (optarg)
+ scontext = optarg;
+ else
+ x.set_security_context = true;
+ }
+ else if (optarg)
+ {
+ error (0, 0,
+ _("warning: ignoring --context; "
+ "it requires an SELinux-enabled kernel"));
}
- scontext = optarg;
- use_default_selinux_context = false;
break;
case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR;
case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME, AUTHORS);
@@ -897,11 +913,6 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0,
_("target directory not allowed when installing a directory"));
- if (x.preserve_security_context && scontext != NULL)
- error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0,
- _("cannot force target context to %s and preserve it"),
- quote (scontext));
-
if (backup_suffix_string)
simple_backup_suffix = xstrdup (backup_suffix_string);
@@ -910,6 +921,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
version_control_string)
: no_backups);
+ if (x.preserve_security_context && (x.set_security_context || scontext))
+ error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0,
+ _("cannot set target context and preserve it"));
+
if (scontext && setfscreatecon (scontext) < 0)
error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno,
_("failed to set default file creation context to %s"),