Re: FedoraFAQ.org - commands for install of NVIDIA drivers do not work

[Marc Schwartz <MSchwartz@xxxxxxxxx>]

Paul Howarth wrote:
> Claude Jones wrote:
> > On Tuesday August 01 2006 8:20 am, Marc Schwartz wrote:
> > Marc: comments interspersed
> > > Just a heads up. If you do want to use the nVidia installer with SELinux
> > > enabled, the instructions on the FedoraFaq web site need to be updated.
>
> The changes I suggested on f-s-l were to avoid globally allowing 
> execstack/execmod, and limiting this to those objects that actually 
> needed it. The approach suggested in fedorafaq works, but could be more 
> securely done.
>
> > >   Undo the changes to the booleans:
> > >
> > > # /usr/sbin/setsebool -P allow_execstack 0
> > > # /usr/sbin/setsebool -P allow_execmod 0
> >
> > ran these and immediately got a prompt with no messages
> >
> > > Then update the file contexts instead:
> > >
> > > # /usr/sbin/semanage fcontext -a -f -- -t textrel_shlib_t
> > > '/usr/lib/libGL(core)?\.so(\.[^/]*)*'
> >
> > Running each of the next three produced readout that seemed to 
> > indicate errors in syntax - i.e. instructions for proper running of 
> > the command:
> >
> > /usr/sbin/semanage fcontext -a -f -- -t 
> > textrel_shlib_t'/usr/lib/libGL(core)?
> > \.so(\.[^/]*)*'
> > semanage {login|user|port|interface|fcontext|translation} -l [-n]
> > semanage login -{a|d|m} [-sr] login_name
> > semanage user -{a|d|m} [-LrRP] selinux_name
> > semanage port -{a|d|m} [-tr] [ -p protocol ] port | port_range
> > semanage interface -{a|d|m} [-tr] interface_spec
> > semanage fcontext -{a|d|m} [-frst] file_spec
> > semanage translation -{a|d|m} [-T] level
>
> Space missing between textrel_shlib_t and 
> '/usr/lib/libGL(core)?\.so(\.[^/]*)*'
>
> > > # /usr/sbin/semanage fcontext -a -f -- -t textrel_shlib_t
> > > '/usr/lib/libnvidia.*\.so(\.[^/]*)*'
> >
> > Running this command yielded similar results as just above, and in 
> > this case there is no file/directory named "/usr/lib/libnvidia" - the 
> > same for the next command
> >
> > > # /sbin/restorecon -v /usr/lib/libGL* /usr/lib/libnvidia*
> > >
> > > In case of line wrapping, each of the three commands above should be on
> > > a single line.
> > >
> > > The above is based upon a discussion with Paul Howarth on the SELinux 
> > > list
> >
> > I'm running the nvidia rpms from Livna - there is a folder called 
> > "/usr/lib/nvidia" which has "*.so" files in it; could this be what you 
> > mean for the last two commands? That still wouldn't account for the 
> > problem with "/usr/lib/libGL", however...
>
> The advice I gave to Mark was based on his use of the nvidia installer 
> directly; the file contexts for a properly-packaged RPM like the one 
> from livna will be different because the files will be somewhere else 
> (and the context fixes might even be done in the RPM itself; I don't know).
>
> Paul.

Paul,

Thanks for replying here. I was in transit between home and office when 
Claude's post came through.

Marc