[K12OSN] boot errors

[Ray Garza]

On Tuesday 26 September 2006 20:03, Eric Harrison wrote:
> Ray Garza wrote:
> > Hello all:
> >
> > I thought I was finished setting up a new system but bad luck strikes
> > again.
> >
> > I noticed some error messages when the kids logon to the system. They
> > are:
> >
> > Power Manager
> > This Service cannot start until you start the dbus system service.
> > It is strongly recommended that you reboot your computer after starting
> > messagebus.
> >
> >
> > I go to Services and it shows messagebus as not running. I try to start
> > it but fails.
> > I reboot the system and notice many warnings and two services that fail
> > to start: Avahi and the one right below it.
> >
> > I'm using K12LTSP 5.0
> >
> > Here is all of the message log:
>
> <snip>
>
> > Sep 26 18:35:51 k12ltsp kernel: audit(1159313738.816:4): avc:  denied
> > { read } for  pid=1931 comm="dbus-daemon" name="passwd" dev=dm-0
> > ino=42502046 scontext=system_u:system_r:system_dbusd_t:s0
> > tcontext=system_u:object_r:etc_runtime_t:s0 tclass=file
> > Sep 26 18:35:51 k12ltsp kernel: audit(1159313738.816:5): avc:  denied
> > { read } for  pid=1931 comm="dbus-daemon" name="passwd" dev=dm-0
> > ino=42502046 scontext=system_u:system_r:system_dbusd_t:s0
> > tcontext=system_u:object_r:etc_runtime_t:s0 tclass=file
> > Sep 26 18:35:51 k12ltsp avahi-daemon[2462]: Successfully dropped root
> > privileges.
>
> <snip>
>
>
> Looks like something went screwy with SELinux.
>
> Run this command as root:
>
> 	setenforce 0
>
> and try re-starting messagebus and/or avahi:
>
> 	/sbin/service messagebus start
> 	/sbin/service avahi-daemon start
>
>
> If the services now start up, it is definitely something to do with
> SELinux.
>
>
> You can either reset all of the SELinux security labels:
>
> 	restorecon -Rv /
>
> or if you are less concerned about the system's security features, you
> can set SELinux to permissive mode by editing /etc/sysconfig/selinux and
> changing
> 	SELINUX=enforcing
> to
> 	SELINUX=permissive
>
>
> -Eric
>
Thanks for the info Eric. I'll try them tomorrow morning and see what happens.

Ray