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

[Marc Schwartz]

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