[apparmor] [PATCH] for /var/run -> /run (LP: #810270)

Jamie Strandboge jamie at canonical.com
Thu Jul 14 16:33:28 UTC 2011


On Thu, 2011-07-14 at 09:23 -0700, John Johansen wrote:
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> On 07/14/2011 06:13 AM, Jamie Strandboge wrote:
> > Ubuntu has recently bug the /var/run -> /run udev transition, and
> > AppArmor needs to have it profiles adjusted accordingly. Some
> > distributions are (eg Ubuntu) going to provide a compatibility symlink
> > from /var/run to /run and /var/lock to /run/lock.
> > 
> > While this could conceivably be done with a tunable for /var/run, the
> > tunable is less worthwhile for /var/lock. Attached is a patch
> > for /var/run and /var/lock.
> > 
> > [1]https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/+source/apparmor/+bug/810270
> > 
> Ack, it look fine
> 
> A possible alternate route is using an alias,
> change everything to /run and then setup
>   alias /var/run -> /run
> 
> that wouldn't however work for the /dev -> /run converstions nor
> would it catch the @{CHROOT_BASE}/ prefixed rules.

Yes, I thought of that too. I think the transparency is probably good
for the transition. Maybe in 3.0 we can move all this to /run and do an
alias for /var/run if people want it.

Committed. Thanks!

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Jamie Strandboge             | http://www.canonical.com
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