On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Joe Zeff <joe@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> Welcome to emergency mode. Use "systemctl default" or ^D to enter default >> mode. >> Give root password for maintenance >> (or type Control-D to continue) >> sulogin: /root: change directory failed: Permission denied > > Thank you. Whenever I see a question like that with no explanation I get > suspicious that somebody's trying to be a cargo cult sysadmin, trying a > drastic "solution" that they don't understand because "it worked ten years > ago." > > You might try booting from a LiveCD, chrooting and running restorecon on > /root. And, while I'm thinking about it, why does your boot process need to > log in as root? Is this something normal that I've never noticed, or > something odd? Thanks, Joe. I do not know why it tries to login as root -- my installation is merely a F18 clean installation. I strongly believe that the problem I am experiencing is being caused by the new selinux update. Is there some way of disabling selinux in the emergency mode and getting the machine booting without selinux active? Paul Paul -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org