selinux bug or my bug?

[Anthony Joseph Seward]

On Fri, 2004-04-02 at 15:49 -0500, Stephen Smalley wrote:

> On Fri, 2004-04-02 at 15:40, Anthony Joseph Seward wrote:
> > When I want to do upgrades or installs from a machine that already has
> > an RPM based distro on it, I install an RPM that I make that lets me
> > start from GRUB or LILO (as an aside, this should get around the disc1
> > won't boot problem that people are having).  When I install the RPM on a
> > system that already has test2 installed with selinux enabled, I get the
> > following error:
> > 
> >   [root at mza samba]# rpm -Uvh /nfs/u3/mirrors/installers/FC2-test2-i386/rpms/FC2-test2-installer-2.0-1.i386.rpm
> >   Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
> >      1:FC2-test2-installer    ########################################### [100%]
> >   error: setexeccon(root:staff_r:rpm_script_t) fails from context "root:staff_r:staff_t": Invalid argument
> >   error: %post(FC2-test2-installer-2.0-1) scriptlet failed, exit status 255
> > 
> > Is this an error in selinx or in my %post script?  I've attached the .spec file.
> 
> You need to run rpm from sysadm_r.  You can use 'su' or 'newrole -r
> sysadm_r' to switch to sysadm_r.
> 

When I slogin as root from another machine, why don't I get asked which
role I want?

Tony

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