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Bug 1260879 - Setsebool for "ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs" doesn't work across several reboots
Summary: Setsebool for "ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs" doesn't work across several reboots
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: policycoreutils
Version: 6.8
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Petr Lautrbach
QA Contact: BaseOS QE Security Team
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-09-08 07:05 UTC by Sushma
Modified: 2015-09-11 13:53 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2015-09-11 13:53:22 UTC
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Description Sushma 2015-09-08 07:05:10 UTC 
Description of problem:
The command below when use without "-P" option doesn't work
setsebool -P ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs on


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


How reproducible:
Run the command setsebool -P ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs on (provided ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs is off  )

Steps to Reproduce:
1.set ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs to off
2.Run setsebool -P ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs on
3.Check the status :
sestatus -b | grep ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs
It will be still off.

Actual results:
sestatus -b | grep ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs gives "off" status


Expected results:
sestatus -b | grep ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs should give "on" status

Additional info:
Comment 2 Milos Malik 2015-09-08 08:02:26 UTC 
# setsebool -P ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs off
# getsebool ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs
ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs --> off
# sestatus -b | grep ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs
ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs                      off
# semanage boolean -l | grep ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs
ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs         (off  ,  off)  Allow ssh with chroot env to read and write files in the user home directories
# setsebool -P ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs on
# getsebool ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs
ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs --> on
# sestatus -b | grep ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs
ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs                      on
# semanage boolean -l | grep ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs
ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs         (on   ,   on)  Allow ssh with chroot env to read and write files in the user home directories
# 

It works as expected on RHEL-6.7. Which version of policycoreutils do you have?

# rpm -qf `which setsebool`
policycoreutils-2.0.83-24.el6.x86_64
#
Comment 3 Sushma 2015-09-08 08:35:37 UTC 
policycoreutils version is :


policycoreutils-2.0.83-19.47.el6.x86_64
Comment 4 Petr Lautrbach 2015-09-11 13:53:22 UTC 
I confirm comment 2, it works as expected:


[root@plautrba-rhel-6 ~]# setsebool -P ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs on
[root@plautrba-rhel-6 ~]# sestatus -b | grep ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs
ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs                      on
[root@plautrba-rhel-6 ~]# setsebool -P ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs off
[root@plautrba-rhel-6 ~]# sestatus -b | grep ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs
ssh_chroot_rw_homedirs                      off
[root@plautrba-rhel-6 ~]# rpm -qf /usr/sbin/setsebool 
policycoreutils-2.0.83-19.47.el6_6.1.x86_64



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