mount doesn't mount on boot-up

[Paul Howarth]

Claude Jones wrote:
> I've got a third 500GB SATA drive which I mount manually to 
> ~/archive using:
> 
> mount -t ext2 -w /dev/sdc1 /home/cj/archive
> 
> on reboot, it always fails, and in system logs I find:
> 
> Oct 30 02:11:12 localhost kernel: audit(1162192269.878:6): avc:  
> denied  { mounton } for  pid=2347 comm="mount" name="archive" 
> dev=sdb1 ino=65175554 scontext=system_u:system_r:mount_t:s0 
> tcontext=user_u:object_r:user_home_t:s0 tclass=dir
> Oct 30 02:11:12 localhost kernel: audit(1162192269.878:7): avc:  
> denied  { mounton } for  pid=2347 comm="mount" name="archive" 
> dev=sdb1 ino=65175554 scontext=system_u:system_r:mount_t:s0 
> tcontext=user_u:object_r:user_home_t:s0 tclass=dir
> 
> It's calling my drive dev=sdb1  ---  Why would this be happenning? 
> Once the machine comes up, it mounts manually again with the above 
> command???

With the drive not mounted, do:
$ chcon -t mnt_t /home/cj/archive

You can then simulate the attempted mount at boot time:
# service netfs start

Alternatively you could just reboot to check that the problem is fixed 
for sure.

Paul.