glibc post upgrade

Jeff Johnson n3npq at nc.rr.com
Mon Aug 23 16:56:06 UTC 2004


Russell Coker wrote:

>avc:  denied  { search } for  pid=3019 exe=/usr/sbin/glibc_post_upgrade name=1 
>dev=proc ino=65538 scontext=root:sysadm_r:rpm_t 
>tcontext=system_u:system_r:init_t tclass=dir
>
>Jeff, it seems that the glibc post upgrade script run when a new glibc package 
>is installed gets run as rpm_t not rpm_script_t.  Do you have any ideas why 
>this is?
>
>  
>

Yes, rpm_script_t is applied only for /bin/sh, not for other helpers 
like /sbin/ldconfig, and
/usr/sbin/{glibc,libgcc}_post_upgrade, to name the other known helpers.

I can certainly change that behavior, and have asked several times if I 
should, with no answer.

73 de Jeff




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