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author | Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com> | 2021-11-04 04:14:12 -0700 |
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committer | Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com> | 2021-11-06 05:47:52 -0400 |
commit | 4e8bf8be4b74b02cbfe46b089b94680c1627c3a0 (patch) | |
tree | a5e3ddced548075e98e0895cbb9d89db247d0e10 /docs/source/markdown/podman-build.1.md | |
parent | abbd6c167e8163a711680db80137a0731e06e564 (diff) | |
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Add some information about disabling SELinux when using system volumes
A comment was made on internal mailing list about confusion on SELinux
labeling of volumes. This PR makes it a little more clear about when
you should or should not relabel.
We need a similar comment in podman pod create, but it does not support
--security-opt processing yet.
Signed-off-by: Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-build.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-build.1.md index 5a867c574..835df7693 100644 --- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-build.1.md +++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-build.1.md @@ -774,6 +774,14 @@ content label. Shared volume labels allow all containers to read/write content. The `Z` option tells Podman to label the content with a private unshared label. Only the current container can use a private volume. +Note: Do not relabel system files and directories. Relabeling system content +might cause other confined services on your machine to fail. For these types +of containers, disabling SELinux separation is recommended. The option +`--security-opt label=disable` disables SELinux separation for the container. +For example, if a user wanted to volume mount their entire home directory into the build containers, they need to disable SELinux separation. + + $ podman build --security-opt label=disable -v $HOME:/home/user . + `Overlay Volume Mounts` The `:O` flag tells Podman to mount the directory from the host as a |