restorecon isn't restoring what matchpathcon shows

Chuck Anderson cra at WPI.EDU
Fri Nov 21 14:11:33 UTC 2008


There are a bunch of files and directories in my F10 home dirs that 
have type unconfined_u:object_r:user_home_t, but matchpathcon says 
they are supposed to be system_u:object_r:user_home_t.  I tried to run 
restorecon but it isn't changing the type:

[root at l 9:06:49 /home/install]#matchpathcon /home/install/Templates
/home/install/Templates	system_u:object_r:user_home_t:s0
[root at l 9:06:51 /home/install]#ls -lZd Templates
drwxr-xr-x  install install unconfined_u:object_r:user_home_t:s0 
Templates/
[root at l 9:06:56 /home/install]#restorecon -R Templates
[root at l 9:07:07 /home/install]#ls -lZd Templates
drwxr-xr-x  install install unconfined_u:object_r:user_home_t:s0 
Templates/

[root at l 9:07:10 /home/install]#su - install
[install at l ~]$ restorecon -R .
[install at l ~]$ restorecon -R Templates/
[install at l ~]$ logout
[root at l 9:08:23 /home/install]#ls -lZd Templates
drwxr-xr-x  install install unconfined_u:object_r:user_home_t:s0 
Templates/

Why does this happen?




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