Bug 174607

Summary: /root created with wrong selinux context
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Alexandre Oliva <oliva>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Jeremy Katz <katzj>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Mike McLean <mikem>
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Description Alexandre Oliva 2005-11-30 17:34:14 UTC 
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Description of problem:
/root is created as system_u:object_r:default_t, but it needs system_u:object_r:user_home_dir_t to function properly.  Without it, you get errors as follows.

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install FC5test1
2.Log in as some regular user
3.Run `su -'

Actual Results:  su: warning: cannot change directory to /root: Permission denied
su: warning: cannot change directory to /root: Permission denied
Yes, twice.

Expected Results:  No such warnings or failures to chdir.

Additional info:

restorecon /root is enough to fix the problem.
Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2005-12-01 03:34:30 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 174227 ***