---------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2005-811
2005-08-29
---------------------------------------------------------------------Product     : Fedora Core 4
Name        : policycoreutils
Version     : 1.23.11                      
Release     : 3.2                  
Summary     : SELinux policy core utilities.
Description :
Security-enhanced Linux is a patch of the Linux® kernel and a number
of utilities with enhanced security functionality designed to add
mandatory access controls to Linux.  The Security-enhanced Linux
kernel contains new architectural components originally developed to
improve the security of the Flask operating system. These
architectural components provide general support for the enforcement
of many kinds of mandatory access control policies, including those
based on the concepts of Type Enforcement®, Role-based Access
Control, and Multi-level Security.

policycoreutils contains the policy core utilities that are required
for basic operation of a SELinux system.  These utilities include
load_policy to load policies, setfiles to label filesystems, newrole
to switch roles, and run_init to run /etc/init.d scripts in the proper
context.

---------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information:

Fix updates to not travers NFS home dirs.
---------------------------------------------------------------------* Thu Aug 25 2005 Dan Walsh  1.23.11-3.2
- More fixes for fixfiles

* Mon Aug 22 2005 Dan Walsh  1.23.11-3.1
- Change fixfiles to not process /home, /tmp ...

* Sat May 28 2005 Dan Walsh  1.23.11-3
- Add Ivan's patch for user role changes in genhomedircon

* Thu May 26 2005 Dan Walsh  1.23.11-2
- Fix warning message on reload of booleans

* Fri May 20 2005 Dan Walsh  1.23.11-1
- Update to match NSA
	* Merged fixfiles and newrole patch from Dan Walsh.
	* Merged audit2why man page from Dan Walsh.


---------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be downloaded from:
  
2a7c2a359736e846897d22a40cb58820  SRPMS/policycoreutils-1.23.11-3.2.src.rpm
f938c263441f2d23e6349225202a5253  ppc/policycoreutils-1.23.11-3.2.ppc.rpm
441284d6d94f4b2ced12154f6d9f34a3  ppc/debug/policycoreutils-debuginfo-1.23.11-3.2.ppc.rpm
98e4adc2f06bdd18c01c0aa5ff63add6  x86_64/policycoreutils-1.23.11-3.2.x86_64.rpm
2b76e25c92f80f965718d9e906c1c626  x86_64/debug/policycoreutils-debuginfo-1.23.11-3.2.x86_64.rpm
8995895fc1f22b1c02ca3c0575996969  i386/policycoreutils-1.23.11-3.2.i386.rpm
a38ef2abf5c76d886c9bcd03d844f539  i386/debug/policycoreutils-debuginfo-1.23.11-3.2.i386.rpm

This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can
launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command.  
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Fedora Core 4 Update: policycoreutils-1.23.11-3.2

August 29, 2005
Fix updates to not travers NFS home dirs.

Summary

Security-enhanced Linux is a patch of the Linux® kernel and a number

of utilities with enhanced security functionality designed to add

mandatory access controls to Linux. The Security-enhanced Linux

kernel contains new architectural components originally developed to

improve the security of the Flask operating system. These

architectural components provide general support for the enforcement

of many kinds of mandatory access control policies, including those

based on the concepts of Type Enforcement®, Role-based Access

Control, and Multi-level Security.

policycoreutils contains the policy core utilities that are required

for basic operation of a SELinux system. These utilities include

load_policy to load policies, setfiles to label filesystems, newrole

to switch roles, and run_init to run /etc/init.d scripts in the proper

context.

Fix updates to not travers NFS home dirs.

- More fixes for fixfiles

* Mon Aug 22 2005 Dan Walsh 1.23.11-3.1

- Change fixfiles to not process /home, /tmp ...

* Sat May 28 2005 Dan Walsh 1.23.11-3

- Add Ivan's patch for user role changes in genhomedircon

* Thu May 26 2005 Dan Walsh 1.23.11-2

- Fix warning message on reload of booleans

* Fri May 20 2005 Dan Walsh 1.23.11-1

- Update to match NSA

* Merged fixfiles and newrole patch from Dan Walsh.

* Merged audit2why man page from Dan Walsh.

2a7c2a359736e846897d22a40cb58820 SRPMS/policycoreutils-1.23.11-3.2.src.rpm

f938c263441f2d23e6349225202a5253 ppc/policycoreutils-1.23.11-3.2.ppc.rpm

441284d6d94f4b2ced12154f6d9f34a3 ppc/debug/policycoreutils-debuginfo-1.23.11-3.2.ppc.rpm

98e4adc2f06bdd18c01c0aa5ff63add6 x86_64/policycoreutils-1.23.11-3.2.x86_64.rpm

2b76e25c92f80f965718d9e906c1c626 x86_64/debug/policycoreutils-debuginfo-1.23.11-3.2.x86_64.rpm

8995895fc1f22b1c02ca3c0575996969 i386/policycoreutils-1.23.11-3.2.i386.rpm

a38ef2abf5c76d886c9bcd03d844f539 i386/debug/policycoreutils-debuginfo-1.23.11-3.2.i386.rpm

This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can

launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command.

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FEDORA-2005-811 2005-08-29 Name : policycoreutils Version : 1.23.11 Release : 3.2 Summary : SELinux policy core utilities. Description : Security-enhanced Linux is a patch of the Linux® kernel and a number of utilities with enhanced security functionality designed to add mandatory access controls to Linux. The Security-enhanced Linux kernel contains new architectural components originally developed to improve the security of the Flask operating system. These architectural components provide general support for the enforcement of many kinds of mandatory access control policies, including those based on the concepts of Type Enforcement®, Role-based Access Control, and Multi-level Security. policycoreutils contains the policy core utilities that are required for basic operation of a SELinux system. These utilities include load_policy to load policies, setfiles to label filesystems, newrole to switch roles, and run_init to run /etc/init.d scripts in the proper context. Fix updates to not travers NFS home dirs. - More fixes for fixfiles * Mon Aug 22 2005 Dan Walsh 1.23.11-3.1 - Change fixfiles to not process /home, /tmp ... * Sat May 28 2005 Dan Walsh 1.23.11-3 - Add Ivan's patch for user role changes in genhomedircon * Thu May 26 2005 Dan Walsh 1.23.11-2 - Fix warning message on reload of booleans * Fri May 20 2005 Dan Walsh 1.23.11-1 - Update to match NSA * Merged fixfiles and newrole patch from Dan Walsh. * Merged audit2why man page from Dan Walsh. 2a7c2a359736e846897d22a40cb58820 SRPMS/policycoreutils-1.23.11-3.2.src.rpm f938c263441f2d23e6349225202a5253 ppc/policycoreutils-1.23.11-3.2.ppc.rpm 441284d6d94f4b2ced12154f6d9f34a3 ppc/debug/policycoreutils-debuginfo-1.23.11-3.2.ppc.rpm 98e4adc2f06bdd18c01c0aa5ff63add6 x86_64/policycoreutils-1.23.11-3.2.x86_64.rpm 2b76e25c92f80f965718d9e906c1c626 x86_64/debug/policycoreutils-debuginfo-1.23.11-3.2.x86_64.rpm 8995895fc1f22b1c02ca3c0575996969 i386/policycoreutils-1.23.11-3.2.i386.rpm a38ef2abf5c76d886c9bcd03d844f539 i386/debug/policycoreutils-debuginfo-1.23.11-3.2.i386.rpm This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command. fedora-announce-list mailing list fedora-announce-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-announce-list

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Name : policycoreutils
Version : 1.23.11
Release : 3.2
Summary : SELinux policy core utilities.

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