fc-5 and selinux

Steve Brueckner steve at atc-nycorp.com
Tue Mar 21 23:24:34 UTC 2006


Eric Tanguy wrote:
> Le mardi 21 mars 2006 à 14:28 -0500, Daniel J Walsh a écrit :
>> Tanguy Eric wrote:
>>> I think it's a selinux problem :
>>> i can't use my usb scanner unless i'm root i can't mount cdrom and
>>> ext3 usb partition unless i'm root
>>> 
>>> How can i use this in simple user ?
>>> Eric
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> Are you seeing AVC messages in /var/log/messages?
>> /var/log/audit/audit.log? 
>> 
>> You can see if it is SELinux causing the problems by executing
>> setenforce 0 as root, and then see if the devices work correctly.
>> 
>> Dan
>> 
> If i disable selinux all is fine, the scanner is usable and all
> cd-rom and usb partitions are mounted. Eric

Which brings us back to AVC messages, as Dan said.  Grep in
/var/log/audit/audit.log and /var/log/messages for "avc:  denied" messages
and report back.

 - Steve

Stephen Brueckner, ATC-NY




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