Re: fc3 - password change problem - syslog and portmapper

[Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Jayendren Anand Maduray wrote:

> Hi!
>
> having problems with selinux for sylog and portmapper. Also cannot change 
> password with selinux enable.
> it is running in targeted mode.
> I have been checking with nsa-selinux forum, and some of the ppl recommend 
> that i ask this forum.
>
>  
You need to relabel you file system.  I would update to the latest 
policy and relabel your
file system

yum upgrade selinux-policy-targeted
touch /.autorelabel
reboot

> from nsa-linux:
> On Tue, 2005-02-22 at 08:09 +0200, Jayendren Anand Maduray wrote:
>  
>
> > Got FC3 running SELINUX in enforcing mode.
> >
> > 1. however when i try to change my password, i get the ffg error:
> > SystemError: couldn't get security context of `/etc/passwd': No data 
> >    
> available
>  
>
> > 2. also, when i boot up, syslogd, and portmap cannot start, so i disabled it 
> > in SELinux. i would like to get this to work, though.
> >
> > i am running kernel Linux shiva 2.6.10-1.741_FC3smp
> >    
>
> The most likely scenario is that you never labeled your filesystems, or
> that you ran with SELinux disabled for some period of time and thus
> ended up with some files without security labels.  Touch /.autorelabel
> and reboot, or run /sbin/fixfiles relabel and reboot.  BTW, this kind of
> question belongs on fedora-selinux-list, not here, IMHO.
>
>