--- "S. Cesaretti" <s.cesaretti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi list, > I have two probms with fc5. > First of all, today, while I'm working with fedora > core 5 in text mode > I saw this strange message and I don't understand > what happened. > kernrel: audit(1148491610.132:2): avc: denied > {search } for pid=2975 > comm="df" name="media" dev=sda8 ino=915713 > scontext=system_u:system_r:logwatch_t:s0 > tcontext=system_u:object_r > :mnt_t:s0 tclass=dir This is just selinux complaining about something that happened with dev=sda8 which could mean different things, a removable drive with 8 partitions or more or a SATA? SCSI hard drive? I really do not know as a fact but did you have problem(s) with a removable disk? If nothing like that happened then this are just friendly messages. I get some of these too, but they do not impede or hurt anything major, so I do not complain. If they hurted something, then I would ask. audit(1148514227.623:6): avc: granted { execmem } for pid=1638 comm="kudzu" scontext=system_u:system_r:kudzu_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:kudzu_t:s0 tclass=process audit(1148514227.623:7): avc: granted { execmem } for pid=1638 comm="kudzu" scontext=system_u:system_r:kudzu_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:kudzu_t:s0 tclass=process audit(1148514227.707:8): avc: denied { read } for pid=1629 comm="readahead" name="display" dev=ramfs ino=4403 scontext=system_u:system_r:readahead_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:ramfs_t:s0 tclass=file audit(1148514227.707:9): avc: denied { read } for pid=1629 comm="readahead" name="rhgb-console" dev=ramfs ino=4477 scontext=system_u:system_r:readahead_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:ramfs_t:s0 tclass=fifo_file ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team Netfilter messages via NETLINK v0.30. ip_conntrack version 2.4 (4095 buckets, 32760 max) - 232 bytes per conntrack audit(1148514230.112:10): avc: denied { read } for pid=1629 comm="readahead" name="display" dev=ramfs ino=4403 scontext=system_u:system_r:readahead_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:ramfs_t:s0 tclass=file audit(1148514230.112:11): avc: denied { read } for pid=1629 comm="readahead" name="rhgb-console" dev=ramfs ino=4477 scontext=system_u:system_r:readahead_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:ramfs_t:s0 tclass=fifo_file SELinux: initialized (dev rpc_pipefs, type rpc_pipefs), uses genfs_contexts SELinux: initialized (dev autofs, type autofs), uses genfs_contexts If you lost some functionality as a result of that avc message, then you are right on in asking for help. > > and then I found the same message in the > /var/log/messages file. > Second, i tried to update the kernel after that > problem but > I don't understand how many version exists of the > 2.6.16 because I already > updated the 2.6.16 some weeks ago. > did I made one mistake to do this update? > Thanks in advance for all information. Why there are too many 2.6.16 kernels? There are several reasons for this. One is that there have been so many patches. If you look at kernel.org website, stable kernel is at 2.6.16.18 the 18 patches have been applied to 2.6.16 kernel series. If I am wrong please correct me, There have been several articles explaining that as the kernel gets bigger, it also getting buggier. One such report is at http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39267255,00.htm > best regards. > Sauro > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Regards, Antonio __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com