Re: First Attempt at root login on console always FAILS ??

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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?
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