On Thu, 2008-06-19 at 17:15 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: > William Case wrote: > > ERROR message in SEtroubleshooting. > > > > SELinux is preventing the pam_timestamp_c from using potentially > > mislabeled files (/root/.xsession-errors). > > > > [SELinux is in permissive mode, the operation would have been > > denied but was permitted due to permissive mode.]SELinux has > > denied pam_timestamp_c access to potentially mislabeled file(s) > > (/root/.xsession-errors). This means that SELinux will not allow > > pam_timestamp_c to use these files. It is common for users to > > edit files in their home directory or tmp directories and then > > move (mv) them to system directories. The problem is that the > > files end up with the wrong file context which confined > > applications are not allowed to access. > > > > My Fedora 9 was recently fresh installed which would have included a > > new .xsession-errors. Contrary to the error message, I have not > > changed, moved or besmirched root's .xsession-errors filein any way I > > know of. > > > > I am willing to follow SELinux's suggestion "If you want pam_timestamp_c > > to access this files, you need to relabel them using restorecon -v > > '/root/.xsession-errors'. You might want to relabel the entire directory > > using restorecon -R -v '/root'. " If I can confirm I am not dealing with > > a bug. > > > > Is this a F9 bug? > > Am I correct in assuming that /root/.xsession-errors means you are > logging into X as root? If so, forget about making any adjustments to > SELinux, as it would be pointless. Logging in to X as root is not > something you could hope to have SELinux protect you from anyway. You > should either a) stop logging into X as root or b) disable or ignore > SELinux. I strongly suggest the former. :) > As far as I remember, and I have had Fedora 9 only installed for five days so not hard to remember, I have only used sudo and su - to preform normal root procedures. > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- Regards Bill; Fedora 9, Gnome 2.22.2 Evo.2.22.2, Emacs 22.2.1 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list