SELinux and RPM verification

[Stephen Smalley]

On Thu, 2005-06-09 at 21:51 +0200, Göran Uddeborg wrote:
> Some days ago it was explained here that RPM packages do not include
> the context information for the files it contains.  Rather it sets
> context according to the current policy.
> 
> Occasionally "rpm --verify" puts a "C" in the list of attribute
> checks:
> 
>     ........C c /root/.bash_logout
> 
> That bit isn't documented in the manual page for RPM.  My assumption
> was that it meant that the context differed from what the package
> said.
> 
> But if the package doesn't say what the context should be, then what
> does it mean?

It means that the context stored in the file's extended attribute on
disk is inconsistent with the file_contexts configuration.  To fix,
run /sbin/restorecon on the file(s) in question.

-- 
Stephen Smalley
National Security Agency