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Description of problem: I'm trying to set the public_content_t to a directory in order for both samba and httpd to have access to it with selinux in enforced mode. semanage fcontext -a -t public_content_t "/mnt/media/My\ Dir(/.*)?" Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): policycoreutils-python-utils-3.0-2.fc32.noarch How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Try to set file context on a path with spaces 2. Watch tool complain Actual results: ValueError: File specification can not include spaces Expected results: Working tool. Additional info: It looks like this was a fix some 10 years ago, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=537754
The same issue is also reproducible on Fedora rawhide: # rpm -qf `which semanage` policycoreutils-python-utils-3.1-4.fc33.noarch # semanage fcontext -a -t public_content_t "/mnt/media/My\ Dir(/.*)?" ValueError: File specification can not include spaces #
Test coverage for this bug exists in a form of PR: * https://src.fedoraproject.org/tests/selinux/pull-request/142 The PR waits for review.
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