Re: sepgsql logging

Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org>

From: Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2021-04-01T14:30:08Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 3:23 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

> Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> > On 4/1/21 8:32 AM, Dave Page wrote:
> >> It seems to me that sepgsql should also log the denial, but flag that
> >> permissive mode is on.
>
> > +1 for doing what selinux does if possible.
>
> +1.  If selinux itself is doing that, it's hard to see a reason why
> we should not; and I concur that the info is useful.
>

Thanks both. I'll take a look at the code and see if I can whip up a patch
(it'll be a week or so as I'm taking some time off for Easter).

-- 
Dave Page
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Commits

  1. Include permissive/enforcing state in sepgsql log messages.