You should see an error in dmsg iirc if the type doesn't exist during mount.
On Aug 19, 2014 4:32 AM, "Robert Craig" <[email protected]> wrote:

>  As long as you're including the file.te you mention with the compiled
> policy then your approach seems correct. I would assume that if you had a
> missing xyz_type definition in your policy (missing file.te entry) but
> included the context= option then the mount would outright fail (dmesg
> would probably show SELinux:
> security_context_to_sid(u:object_r:xyz_type:s0) failed for...). The
> context= mount option should work as the string just gets passed through to
> the kernel and the kernel passes it to SELinux to interpret. It's probably
> a long shot, but is it possible that your partition is being mounted
> elsewhere first?
>
>
> On 08/18/2014 10:53 PM, Biswajit Paul wrote:
>
>  Dear Experts,
>
> I am trying to set the context for a vfat mounted partition. My current
> context shows as “vfat” which is the default one.
>
>
>
> I tried defining a new context while mounting using context=”u:object_r:
> xyz_type:s0” option in my fstab.<board> files and  I am defining xyz_type
> as below in file.te
>
>
>
> type  xyz_type, fs_type, contextmount_type;
>
>
>
> I still see the old context. Any input on how to set the new context for
> VFAT is highly appreciated.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Biswajit
>
>
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