Karl Larsen said the following on 01/16/2008:
I got this setroubleshoot message:
SELinux is preventing /sbin/ldconfig (ldconfig_t) "write" to
/var/log/nvidia-installer.log (var_log_t). The SELinux type var_log_t,
is a generic type for all files in the directory and very few processes
(SELinux Domains) are allowed to write to this SELinux type. This type
of denial usual indicates a mislabeled file. By default a file created
in a directory has the gets the context of the parent directory, but
SELinux policy has rules about the creation of directories, that say if
a process running in one SELinux Domain (D1) creates a file in a
directory with a particular SELinux File Context (F1) the file gets a
different File Context (F2). The policy usually allows the SELinux
Domain (D1) the ability to write or append on (F2). But if for some
reason a file (/var/log/nvidia-installer.log) was created with the wrong
context, this domain will be denied. The usual solution to this problem
is to reset the file context on the target file, restorecon -v
/var/log/nvidia-installer.log. If the file context does not change from
var_log_t, then this is probably a bug in policy. Please file a bug
report against the selinux-policy package. If it does change, you can
try your application again to see if it works. The file context could
have been mislabeled by editing the file or moving the file from a
different directory, if the file keeps getting mislabeled, check the
init scripts to see if they are doing something to mislabel the file.
I did as they suggested and it seemed to fix the problem. This is the
first error SElinux has made on F8. It was so bad on F7 I deleted it.
Hi,
May I kindly suggest that you get a blog and put stuff like this there?
Most people reading this list are not looking for news about your
computer or your personal daily diary [1].
List traffic is high enough as it is. If you feel that this is a bug
(which in this case you should probably file with nvidia), please file
one. If you want to tell people about what happens in your daily
computing experience, create a blog and interested people people can
read about it there :)
John
[1] I've refrained from commenting until now. Many of your previous
posts including today's about pulseaudio fall into the same category.
