Bug 119768 - cannot su to standard user from root
Summary: cannot su to standard user from root
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 119455
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: coreutils
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Tim Waugh
QA Contact: Ben Levenson
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-04-02 01:22 UTC by Scott Sloan
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:10 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2006-02-21 19:02:20 UTC
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Description Scott Sloan 2004-04-02 01:22:54 UTC
Description of problem:

[root@localhost root]$ su scott
Apr  1 19:27:11 localhost kernel: audit(1080869231.623:0): avc: 
denied  { getattr } for  pid=3724 exe=/bin/bash path=/root dev=hda1
ino=2828897 scontext=user_u:user_r:user_t
tcontext=root:object_r:staff_home_dir_t tclass=dir
Apr  1 19:27:11 localhost kernel: audit(1080869231.669:0): avc: 
denied  { getattr } for  pid=3741 exe=/bin/bash path=/root dev=hda1
ino=2828897 scontext=user_u:user_r:user_t
tcontext=root:object_r:staff_home_dir_t tclass=dir
Apr  1 19:27:11 localhost kernel: audit(1080869231.703:0): avc: 
denied  { getattr } for  pid=3746 exe=/bin/bash path=/root dev=hda1
ino=2828897 scontext=user_u:user_r:user_t
tcontext=root:object_r:staff_home_dir_t tclass=dir

Comment 1 Tim Waugh 2004-04-02 08:44:41 UTC
(after clarification on IRC)

This is the same as bug #119455, just going from sysadm_t to user_t
instead of the other way around.  Same issue.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 119455 ***

Comment 2 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-02-21 19:02:20 UTC
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.


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