firefox downloaded files are user_u:object_r:tmp_t

[Daniel J Walsh]

dragoran wrote:
> 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 ?
I am not sure we can fix this without modifying firefox.  Is this 
happening on smaller files that you download?
I do not see this behaviour on my machine.