Re: mknod: xxx: Operation not permitted

[Richard Hally <rhally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ralf Corsepius wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Trying to create a char-device as ordinary user, results into this:
> # mknod /var/tmp/bla-1.0.0/etc/udev/devices/bla01 c 212 0
> mknod: `/var/tmp/bla-1.0.0/etc/udev/devices/bla01': Operation not permitted
>
> Any explanation for this behavior?
>
> Is it mknod trying to be overly clever or is it an selinux bug (This is
> on a FC3 system with selinux-policy-targeted)?
>
> This issue prevents one from being able to build rpms containing special
> devices as ordinary users.
>
> Ralf
>
>
>  
The first thing to look for if you suspect SELinux is acv denied 
messages in /var/log/messages. Another thing to try is to "setenforce 0" 
and try the command again to see if you get different results.
HTH
Richard Hally