get the red and green back (really consoletype, rhgb)

Tom London selinux at comcast.net
Thu Sep 16 19:25:46 UTC 2004


Booting in strict/enforcing, 'Fedora' in the 'Welcome to Fedora Core'
message  is no longer red, the subsequent 6 or so messages are formatted
differently (i.e., the '[OK]' is not nicely indented, and it is not in 
green).
Also, rhgb doesn't start. (Yeah, I know, this is not a bug, its a 
feature ;) )

Anyway, the following patch puts the red and green back in the boot.
The change mimics the privileges given for console_device_t:chr_file

--- 
/etc/selinux/strict/src-1.17.16-3/policy/domains/program/consoletype.te    
2004-09-16 07:14:24.000000000 -0700
+++ ./consoletype.te    2004-09-16 11:37:14.000000000 -0700
@@ -52,5 +52,5 @@
 allow consoletype_t pam_var_run_t:file { getattr read };
 ')
 ifdef(`distro_redhat', `
-dontaudit consoletype_t tmpfs_t:chr_file { read write };
+allow consoletype_t tmpfs_t:chr_file { getattr ioctl read write };
 ')

The follow makes rhgb work in strict/enforcing.  The problem
is that it wants to mount /etc/rhgb, but it is currently labeled
'etc_t'.  Labeling /etc/rhgb as 'root_t' makes it work.  Not sure
if this is really 'proper'. I'd be more comfortable with it being
labeled something like 'etc_rhgb_t' or some such, or moving
the mount point....

--- 
/etc/selinux/strict/src-1.17.16-3/policy/file_contexts/program/rhgb.fc     
2004-09-16 07:14:24.000000000 -0700
+++ ./rhgb.fc   2004-09-16 12:21:12.424588200 -0700
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /usr/bin/rhgb          --      system_u:object_r:rhgb_exec_t
 #/etc/dbus-1(/.*)?             system_u:object_r:etc_dbusd_t
+/etc/rhgb              -d      system_u:object_r:root_t





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