On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 20:35:23 -0700, Douglas Otis <doug.mtview@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > When logging in as root on an upgraded system, the desktop would not load > (gconf related errors), and there appeared to be no way to shutdown or > escape beyond hitting the system reset while seeing mostly a blank screen. > > There was a difference noticed between a full-install and the upgrade from > Fedora 8. User Mapping for "root" had been "root", whereas the full-install > had this set to "unconfined_u" (which is also the default). Making this > change seems to have fixed the problem noticed when starting a graphical > logon as root. > > After making this change, the system Default Policy Type also changed to > "targeted". Being new to SElinux, it is hard to know the risk this may > represent, if any. Does anyone know? Should the policy exceptions be used > to modify SElinux instead? Dan Walsh blogged about this issue not too long ago. The symptons in that case are a little different, but I think the root problem is likely the same. See: http://danwalsh.livejournal.com/21067.html -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
