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authorChris St. Pierre <chris.a.st.pierre@gmail.com>2013-04-11 14:47:46 -0400
committerChris St. Pierre <chris.a.st.pierre@gmail.com>2013-04-11 15:01:39 -0400
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POSIX: SELinux context fixes for Path entries
* Fixed Path entries with secontext='__default__' where no fcontext rule applied to the path. * Permitted setting secontext='' when no SELinux context should be applied to a Path entry
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@@ -117,8 +117,13 @@ describe the attributes available for various Path types.
Note that ``secontext`` below expects a full context, not just the
type. For instance, "``system_u:object_r:etc_t:s0``", not just
``etc_t``. You can also specify "``__default__``", which will restore
-the context of the file to the default set by policy. See
-:ref:`server-selinux` for more information.
+the context of the file to the default set by policy. If a file has
+no default context rule, and you don't wish to set one, you can
+specify ``secontext=''`` (i.e., an empty ``secontext``), in which case
+the client will not try to manage the SELinux context of the file at
+all.
+
+See :ref:`server-selinux` for more information.
Attributes common to all Path tags: