Proposal: Improving SELinux <--> user interaction on Fedora - Kerneloops for SELinux

[Casey Dahlin]

Ahmed Kamal wrote:
> another idea, is when a denial occurs, and we get this nice balloon,
> it would contain 2 buttons
> - AutoFix: automatically attempts changing the offending file's
> context, as per the recommended action
>   

This is a sharp edge for users to cut themselves on. It would be nice if 
we would detect when the error was a result of inconsistencies though 
(such as the file label not matching policy).

IMHO, we should be able to do the following:

- We should have exempt, which ignores the denial for now. It also flags 
the issue upstream. Denial messages for the exempt process are then 
rerouted to a safe place.
- Whenever policy-kit is updated, the exemptions are reevaluated and 
removed if they should be addressed.
- We should come up with some secure way of quickly propagating 
information about known selinux issues, so that denial warnings can be 
suppressed until a fix is available
- There should be more graphical tools for manipulating policy itself. 
The user should be able to see a list of local policy exceptions they 
have made.

--CJD