Bug 132196

Summary: vipw mislabels /etc/passwd on SE Linux thus breaking the entire system
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Russell Coker <russell>
Component: util-linuxAssignee: Elliot Lee <sopwith>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Ben Levenson <benl>
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Fixed In Version: 2.12a-8 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Russell Coker 2004-09-09 19:41:45 UTC 
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Description of problem:
When vipw creates a new /etc/passwd file it must first read the context of the old file and apply it to the new one.

Otherwise the file gets type shadow_t which is only readable by about a dozen programs and the system becomes almost unusable (will not boot correctly or allow logins).

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Run SE Linux with strict policy, run "vipw" and make some changes.

Actual Results:  # ls -lZ /etc/passwd
-rw-r--r--  0  root system_u:object_r:shadow_t       /etc/passwd


Expected Results:  #ls -lZ /etc/passwd
-rw-r--r--  root root system_u:object_r:etc_t          /etc/passwd


Additional info:
Comment 1 Nalin Dahyabhai 2004-09-15 17:23:41 UTC 
The code to do this was there but not enabled.  Fixing in 2.12a-8.