firefox downloaded files are user_u:object_r:tmp_t

dragoran dragoran at feuerpokemon.de
Fri Jun 9 19:58:49 UTC 2006


dragoran wrote:
> 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

firefox-bin is lib_t
system_u:object_r:lib_t          /usr/lib/firefox-1.5.0.3/firefox-bin
(don't know if this matters)




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