On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Paul Allen Newell <pnewell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello: > > I just upgraded two of my systems to latest yum update > (2.6.30.9-96.fc11.i686.PAE) with the hopes that the CD and DVD issues have > been resolved (they have, almost, but thats a separate bugzilla report). > > What I am querying about in this email is a message that I am seeing when I > log in as root (yes, I know the caveats and try to respect, but I always > make sure the ability is there if I need it). I log in from the start page > GUI and there are no problems until, after a couple of seconds later, a > pop-up from the "star icon in the upper right" says I got problems. I open > it up and it says: > > "SELinux is preventing the gdm-session-wor from using potentially mislabeled > files (/root)." > > Okay, that's nice to know, but I have no idea what it is trying to tell me > needs to be fixed. I've got a couple files in the home directory but nothing > looks funny about them (*.txt cut-and-paste of yum update/installs and an > html of "how-to-install f11 from scratch"). > > I have edited both /etc/pam.d/gdm and /etc/pam.d/gdm-password per Fedora > website instructions to allow root access. > > Closer inspection says that I first began getting this message on 20jun09 > after a yum update (I did original f11 install at the beginning of June). I > just hadn't noticed it since I don't often log in as root, though I do > remember seeing something in the summer and figuring it was a glip that > would get fixed in future updates). > > Any suggestions as to what I should be looking for to get rid of this > message ... if I do indeed actually need to pay attention to it. If there is > more info I can provide, please let me know what it is and how to get it and > I will gladly post such. > > Thanks in advance, > Paul > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > You can try to disable SELinux in /etc/selinux/config or in /boot/grub/grub.conf. In /etc/selinux/config, change SELinux to DISABLED. OR In /boot/grub/grub.conf, add selinux=0 to the kernel line. E.g. kernel /vmlinuz ro root=/dev/sda2 selinux=0 You shouldn't start X server or login to GNOME as root. -- Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering) Alma Maters: (1) Singapore Polytechnic (2) National University of Singapore My Primary Blog: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com My Secondary Blog: http://enmingteo.wordpress.com My Youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/enmingteo Email: space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx Mobile Phone (Starhub Prepaid): +65-8369-2618 Street: Bedok Reservoir Road Country: Singapore -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
