mkinitrd fails - Permission denied
Dan
grinnz at gmail.com
Sun Apr 9 19:24:44 UTC 2006
Jack Holden wrote:
> I am running FC5 with the 2.6.15-1.2054 kernel and mkinitrd-5.0.32.
> When I try to create a new initrd, mkinitrd fails with the error:
> /sbin/mkinitrd: line 975: initrd-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.TEST.img
> Permission denied
> I've tried using different file names with the same result. I've also
> tried when logged in as root from the initial login (boot level 3) as
> well as via su from both the cli and xterm. Same thing. I've also
> tried building the initrd in the /boot and /root directories.
>
> I believe that this is the version of mkinitrd that was included with
> the installation. I have updated everything via yum update, but I
> can't run the 2.6.16-2080 kernel yet (problem with dmraid). I have
> the source packages for 2.6.15-2054 and 2.6.16-2080 installed. I have
> successfully created initrd's before with this system, but I can't
> remember if it was before or after yum update. (I think it was after
> because it was an attempt to fix the dmraid problem with 2.6.16-2080.)
>
> Can anyone suggest a fix or something to look at? I've looked at
> mkinitrd and didn't see anything alarming about line 975. I
> appreciate any advice.
>
> Thanks,
> Jack Holden
>
Perhaps an SELinux issue. I don't know how to use it so check the vast
numbers of posts on this list about fixing those issues. Look in your
logs for avc denied messages.
-Dan
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