Bug 209649

Summary:	ybin fails with "Failed to initialize HFS working directories: Permission denied"
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Will Woods <wwoods>
Component:	selinux-policy-targeted	Assignee:	Daniel Walsh <dwalsh>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Ben Levenson <benl>
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Description Will Woods 2006-10-06 17:06:54 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #201414 +++
(See that bug for more details)

With today's tree (20061006), ybin fails when trying to update the bootloader
configuration on Apple hardware. 

audit(1160152655.772:5): avc:  denied  { write } for  pid=20949 comm="hmount"
name=".hcwd" dev=hda3 ino=18 scontext=root:system_r:bootloader_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
tcontext=system_u:object_r:boot_runtime_t:s0 tclass=file

ybin is a shell script which calls hmount; hmount tries to write a state file.
Normally it tries to write to $HOME/.hcwd but writing to /root should not be
allowed by policy. 

ybin was patched to falsify $HOME, causing hmount to write to /boot/.hcwd
instead. The targeted policy is disallowing this.

This breaks kernel updates (and our installer testing) on Apple ppc hardware.

Comment 1 Will Woods 2006-10-06 22:33:44 UTC

Should be fixed with selinux-policy-2.3.18-7. Will reopen if problem persists.