File libvirt-doc-Clarify-usage-of-SELinux-baselabel.patch of Package libvirt
From 60005c622e404a91aec1fb62b352eec06dd250a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 18:23:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Clarify usage of SELinux baselabel
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=954245
State what fields are used when generating SELinux labels from a
baselabel.
(cherry picked from commit 278a833922a60e3cd65a05f71f1e19eead84c1d3)
Signed-off-by: Jiri Denemark <jdenemar@redhat.com>
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docs/formatdomain.html.in | 12 ++++++++++--
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
index 1856de7..45005fe 100644
--- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in
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@@ -4355,8 +4355,16 @@ qemu-kvm -net nic,model=? /dev/null
</dd>
<dt><code>baselabel</code></dt>
<dd>If dynamic labelling is used, this can optionally be
- used to specify the base security label. The format
- of the content depends on the security driver in use.
+ used to specify the base security label that will be used to generate
+ the actual label. The format of the content depends on the security
+ driver in use.
+
+ The SELinux driver uses only the <code>type</code> field of the
+ baselabel in the generated label. Other fields are inherited from
+ the parent process when using SELinux baselabels.
+
+ (The example above demonstrates the use of <code>my_svirt_t</code>
+ as the value for the <code>type</code> field.)
</dd>
<dt><code>imagelabel</code></dt>
<dd>This is an output only element, which shows the
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