install of kernel 2.6.4-1.298-rpm does not work - SElinux?

[James Morris]

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Götz Reinicke wrote:

> Today I downloaded the kernel-2.6.4-1.298-rpm an did an rpm -ivh - that 
> failed:
> 
> [root at dilbert root]# rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.4-1.298.i686.rpm
> Preparing...                ########################################### 
> [100%]
> Fehler: setexeccon(root:staff_r:rpm_script_t) fails from context
> "root:staff_r:s taff_t": Das Argument ist ungültig
> Fehler: %pre(kernel-2.6.4-1.298) scriptlet failed, exit status 255
> Fehler:   install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping kernel-2.6.4-1.298
> 
> 
> setexeccon concernes selinux, but but whats wrong...?

This should normally work, but there's a bug in the current policy.  You 
need to be sysadm_r for this to work at the moment, e.g.:

# newrole -r sysadm_r

A new policy should be available in rawhide soon (1.9.1-4) which fixes 
this.


- James
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James Morris
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