Bug 119852 - SELinux FAQ - difference between domain and type?
Summary: SELinux FAQ - difference between domain and type?
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora Documentation
Classification: Retired
Component: selinux-faq
Version: devel
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Karsten Wade
QA Contact: Tammy Fox
URL: http://people.redhat.com/kwade/fedora...
Whiteboard:
: 119787 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks: 118757
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-04-02 17:04 UTC by James Morris
Modified: 2007-04-18 17:05 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Last Closed: 2004-04-03 00:51:44 UTC
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Description James Morris 2004-04-02 17:04:22 UTC
Description of change/FAQ addition.  If a change, include the original
text first, then the changed text:

See
https://listman.redhat.com/archives/fedora-selinux-list/2004-April/msg00018.html

Version-Release of FAQ (found on
http://people.redhat.com/kwade/fedora-docs/selinux-faq-en/ln-legalnotice.html):


 selinux-faq-1.0-2 (2004-03-30-T16:20-0800)

Comment 1 Karsten Wade 2004-04-02 23:23:58 UTC
*** Bug 119787 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Karsten Wade 2004-04-02 23:33:35 UTC
Sources in this discussion so far:

Questions:
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-selinux-list/2004-April/msg00016.html

Answers:
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-selinux-list/2004-April/msg00018.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-selinux-list/2004-April/msg00019.html

We'll only be answering about the non-difference of a domain and a type.

Comment 3 Karsten Wade 2004-04-02 23:34:50 UTC
Please review this answer, is it sufficient?  It is the second
question, following What is SELinux?

## begin

Q:. What is the difference between a domain and a type?

A:. There really is no difference between the two terms in SELinux,
they are used interchangeably. In a traditional TE model, domains and
types are separate. In SELinux, a domain/type will have the _t suffix. 

## end

Comment 4 James Morris 2004-04-02 23:53:39 UTC
This is incorrect.

There is no difference bewteen a domain and a type, although domain is
sometimes used to refer to the type of a process.  The use of domain
in this way stems from traditional TE models, where domains and types
are separate.

Don't worry about the _t suffix stuff.


Comment 5 Karsten Wade 2004-04-03 00:51:44 UTC
OkIC, they really aren't used interchangeably.  Rather, the preference
is for type, and there is a tradition of using domain to refer to the
type of a process.

Your language is clearer, I'll swipe it for the answer.  TY.

This will appear in the next release, 1.0-3.


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