Bug 733161

There is an upstream bug report marked as won't fix https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24265

Is it a Fedora problem?

The problem is that /var/run/udisks, as owned by the udisks package, is hidden because the OS started mounting /var/run as a tmpfs. The fix, I've been told, is to use the /etc/tmpfiles.d mechanism

what avc do you see in your /var/log/audit/audit.log related to this issue?

Sorry, I erronously assigned it to selinux - my bad. Back to udisks.

udisks-1.0.3-3.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/udisks-1.0.3-3.fc15

thanks for the update David, I will install it, once it's been pushed.

(In reply to comment #2)
> because the OS started mounting /var/run as a tmpfs. The fix, I've been told,
> is to use the /etc/tmpfiles.d mechanism

that won't be necessary with the update, I presume, but do you have the link for reference: How do I change /var/... to /etc/... thanks.

(In reply to comment #6)
> thanks for the update David, I will install it, once it's been pushed.
> 
> (In reply to comment #2)
> > because the OS started mounting /var/run as a tmpfs. The fix, I've been told,
> > is to use the /etc/tmpfiles.d mechanism
> 
> that won't be necessary with the update, I presume, but do you have the link
> for reference: How do I change /var/... to /etc/... thanks.

The update contains the /etc/tmpfiles.d/udisks.conf file that does the right thing. You don't need to do anything.

Package udisks-1.0.3-3.fc15:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 15 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing udisks-1.0.3-3.fc15'
as soon as you are able to, then reboot.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/udisks-1.0.3-3.fc15
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Created attachment 520265 [details]
/var/log/message

I have installed udisks-1.0.3-3.fc15 and reformatted the USB HDD

there is still an error message:

Error creating file system: helper exited with exit code 1: cannot create directory /var/run/udisks/job-mkfs-nHaN1M: No such file or directory

I attached the message log (usb operation is at the end of the file).

Created attachment 520317 [details]
audit.log

I would bet /var/run/udisks needs to be created by systemd?

(In reply to comment #11)
> I would bet /var/run/udisks needs to be created by systemd?

No, udisks 1.0.4 and later (fc16 only) will actually create this itself at startup in the udisks-daemon process (1.0.3-3.fc15 is creating it via /etc/tmpfiles.d e.g. systemd).

(In reply to comment #9)
> Created attachment 520265 [details]
> /var/log/message
> 
> I have installed udisks-1.0.3-3.fc15 and reformatted the USB HDD
> 
> there is still an error message:
> 
> Error creating file system: helper exited with exit code 1: cannot create
> directory /var/run/udisks/job-mkfs-nHaN1M: No such file or directory
> 
> I attached the message log (usb operation is at the end of the file).

 1. Please try this after a reboot
 2. Please try this with selinux in permissive mode

(In reply to comment #13)
 
>  1. Please try this after a reboot

Fixed the issue. Tested with a USB hd and a USB stick both formatted ext4/fat32.

>  2. Please try this with selinux in permissive mode

It was not necessary.

Thanks again for your time and advice (your last msg.)

udisks-1.0.3-3.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.