-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hasan Rezaul-CHR010 wrote: > Hi All, > > I am getting an irritating problem on my Linux card (running selinux in > permissive mode), that I didn't use to see before, and am not sure whats > causing it : > > When I reset my Linux Card, once it boots up, and I get the login > prompt, my first attempt at logging in as root on the console, ALWAYS > fails ! My second attempt and afterwards ALWAYS succeeds ! > > unknown host login: root > password: root > Login Failure > unknown host login: root > Password: root > root@unknown host# > > > > This didn't used to happen before, and I am not sure what's causing it. > I do know that if I disable selinux, the problem goes away ! I am > guessing the problem is somewhere in between PAM and SELinux. Any > suggestions on what may be causing it ? I have versions: > > checkpolicy 1.34.1 > libselinux 1.34.7 > libsemanage 1.10.3 > libsepol 1.16.1 > policycoreutils 1.34.6 > > > Contents of /etc/pam.d/login file > ------------------------------------------------ > > # Begin /etc/pam.d/login > auth required pam_tally.so onerr=fail deny=3 > unlock_time=300 > auth requisite pam_securetty.so > auth requisite pam_nologin.so > auth required pam_env.so > auth required pam_unix.so > account required pam_tally.so onerr=fail > account required pam_access.so > account required pam_unix.so > # pam_selinux.so close should be the first session rule > session required pam_selinux.so close > session required pam_loginuid.so > session required pam_motd.so > session required pam_limits.so > session optional pam_mail.so dir=/var/mail standard > session optional pam_lastlog.so > session required pam_unix.so > # pam_selinux.so open should only be followed by sessions to be executed > in the > user context > session required pam_selinux.so open > # End /etc/pam.d/login > I would doubt this has anything to do with SELinux, especially when you are in permissive mode. Does /var/log/secure show you anything? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkfeegUACgkQrlYvE4MpobMriACdGK3iBx7qnKdM8m1ilfMo09Dm cxgAn2oTzMMGj3U7iqv6kKLmiqABFzFA =rBSn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- This message was distributed to subscribers of the selinux mailing list. If you no longer wish to subscribe, send mail to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the words "unsubscribe selinux" without quotes as the message.