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Date:      Sat, 7 Feb 2009 22:21:54 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Borja Marcos <BORJAMAR@SARENET.ES>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: MAC subsystem and ZFS?
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.0902072220480.89719@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <5F581D71-E6BF-487D-91F0-67EA6A21BA6E@SARENET.ES>
References:  <5F581D71-E6BF-487D-91F0-67EA6A21BA6E@SARENET.ES>

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On Thu, 5 Feb 2009, Borja Marcos wrote:

> I'm trying to upgrade the configuration of some web services, already using 
> the MAC subsystem, to use ZFS instead of UFS, but I see that ZFS doesn't 
> support MAC labels, even for a whole filesystem, which would be fine for me, 
> I don't need multilabel support.
>
> Any ideas? Have I missed anything?

Hmmm.  Sounds like a bug -- all file systems should be able to operate in 
single-label mode, even if they don't support EAs and multilabel mode.  Could 
you describe the symptoms you're experiencing in a bit more detail?

Robert N M Watson
Computer Laboratory
University of Cambridge



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