Bug 926054

Summary:	SELinux Sandbox broken: "Unable to switch to root to clear tmp dir"
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	amturnip
Component:	policycoreutils	Assignee:	Daniel Walsh <dwalsh>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	18	CC:	dwalsh, mgrepl, pcfe, ssorce
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Description amturnip 2013-03-23 13:43:23 UTC

Description of problem:

A SELinux sandbox program that used to open Firefox in a sandbox window does not open the sandbox window, nor Firefox, anymore.

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

$ rpm -q --whatprovides /usr/bin/sandbox
policycoreutils-python-2.1.13-56.fc18.x86_64

How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:

$ /usr/bin/sandbox -X -t sandbox_web_t -W /usr/bin/metacity /usr/bin/firefox

Actual results:

This message: "Unable to switch to root to clear tmp dir"

Expected results:

Window opens with Firefox in it.

Additional info:

I do not see any corresponding messages in /var/log/messages or /var/log/secure

Comment 1 Daniel Walsh 2013-03-25 13:41:21 UTC

Fixed in policycoreutils-2.1.13-59.fc18

Also you should not need metaticy any longer since we have moved to openbox and firefox seems to work fine with it.

Also eliminated bogus "Unable to switch to root to clear tmp dir" message

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2013-03-28 12:14:10 UTC

policycoreutils-2.1.13-59.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/policycoreutils-2.1.13-59.fc18

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2013-03-29 01:35:48 UTC

Package policycoreutils-2.1.13-59.fc18:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing policycoreutils-2.1.13-59.fc18'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-4555/policycoreutils-2.1.13-59.fc18
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 4 Simo Sorce 2013-04-02 19:56:16 UTC

Fix works, thanks a lot!
Giving karma.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2013-04-03 04:51:44 UTC

policycoreutils-2.1.13-59.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.