firefox downloaded files are user_u:object_r:tmp_t

[dragoran]

Paul Howarth wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 20:15 +0200, dragoran wrote:
>   
>> Daniel J Walsh wrote:
>>     
>>> dragoran wrote:
>>>       
>>>> When I download a file using firefox it is saved as 
>>>> user_u:object_r:tmp_t it should be user_u:object_r:user_home_t
>>>> I have a folder which is shared using samba and when I download a 
>>>> file into it I had to restorecon it in order to let the windows 
>>>> clients (and linux) see it.
>>>> I am using FC5 x86_64 with selinux-policy-targeted-2.2.40-1.fc5
>>>> note: I am using a 32bit firefox build
>>>>
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>>> Are you saving it to the /tmp directory?  If you are it will get saved 
>>> as tmp_t.  Since files default to the context of their parent directory.
>>>
>>> If you them mv /tmp/download.file ~/
>>>
>>> You will maintain tmp_t.
>>>
>>> If you use cp /tmp/download.file ~/
>>>
>>> It will get user_home_t.
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> no I simply download it to a dir in home which is labeled 
>> user_u:object_r:user_home_t
>>     
>
> If you download a large file, can you see it "growing" in your home dir,
> or does it appear all at once?
>
> I suspect firefox downloads it to a temp dir and moves it to your home
> directory when done.
>
> Paul,
>
>
>
>   

yes here I tyred to download a kernel from kernel.org to Desktop:
-rw-------  dragoran dragoran user_u:object_r:tmp_t            
linux-2.6.16.20.tar.bz2.part
(while download was running)
after download it still was tmp_t