firefox downloaded files are user_u:object_r:tmp_t

dragoran dragoran at feuerpokemon.de
Sat Jun 24 10:57:55 UTC 2006


dragoran wrote:
> 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)
>
>

still not fixed with lastest updates...
any idea why the context of the files is forced to tmp_t ?




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