Bug 172830

Summary:	HALD no longer auto-mounts usb devices (as of RHEL4-U2)
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4	Reporter:	Greg Hosler <ghosler>
Component:	selinux-policy-targeted	Assignee:	Daniel Walsh <dwalsh>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	4.0	CC:	abo, k.georgiou
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Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	RHBA-2006-0049	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Bug Blocks:	168429

Description Greg Hosler 2005-11-10 05:38:59 UTC

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Description of problem:
Prior to RHEL4-U2, when plugging in a usb device, the partitions would be auto-mounted under /media.

As of (approximately) RHEL4, U2, this is no longer the case.

The mount points are created, but the partitions are not mounted.

I am noting that the hald package itselc did not change between U0 and present, so the bug is possibly not in the hald package, but perhaps is in a dependent library/package.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install RHEL4-U2
2. plug in a usb device.
3. It won't automount.

  

Actual Results:  it doesn't automount

Expected Results:  It should have automounted.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Greg Hosler 2005-11-14 16:06:17 UTC

This problem seems related to the
selinux-policy-targeted/selinux-policy-targeted-sources errata update.

If I apply the selinux-policy-targeted/selinux-policy-targeted-sources errata
(1.17.30-2.110), then HALD no longer automounts. If I revert back to the U0
version (1.17.30-2.52.1), and reboot, then the original behaviour of
automounting usb hard drives when plugged in is restored.

so apparently there is a glitch in the selinux-policy-targeted (or sources) rule
set.

best rgds,

-Greg

Comment 2 John (J5) Palmieri 2005-11-15 14:08:28 UTC

A bunch of policy has been fixed for the u3 update.  You can get the prerelease
packages here:

ftp://people.redhat.com/dwalsh/SELinux/RHEL4/u3

Check if that solves your problem.

Comment 3 Russell Coker 2005-11-21 14:08:03 UTC

selinux-policy-targeted-1.17.30-2.118.noarch.rpm (from Dan's site above) fixes 
this with the following patch: 
 
diff -ru targeted.mine/src/policy/domains/program/initrc.te 
targeted/src/policy/domains/program/initrc.te 
--- targeted.mine/src/policy/domains/program/initrc.te  2005-09-13 
03:26:49.000000000 +1000 
+++ targeted/src/policy/domains/program/initrc.te       2005-11-10 
02:28:52.000000000 +1100 
@@ -271,8 +282,11 @@ 
 typealias bin_t alias run_init_exec_t; 
 type run_init_t, domain; 
 domain_auto_trans(unconfined_t, initrc_exec_t, initrc_t) 
+allow unconfined_t initrc_t:dbus { acquire_svc send_msg }; 
+allow initrc_t unconfined_t:dbus { acquire_svc send_msg }; 
 domain_trans(initrc_t, shell_exec_t, unconfined_t) 
 allow initrc_t unconfined_t:system syslog_mod; 
+role sysadm_r types initrc_t; 
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Comment 6 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-03-07 18:13:57 UTC

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2006-0049.html