Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 126814
updates seem to affect system even if selinux is not active
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:45 EST
Description of problem: Even with 'SELINUX=disabled' in /etc/sysconfig/selinux, and 'selinux=0' in a boot command for a good measure, if selinux-policy-strict was installed then updating the package seems to affect the system. The most visible to me result is that after such update one cannot open a new shell either locally or via ssh. A reboot clears that condition (together with everything else, unfortunately). This is only a guess as nothing gets logged anywhere, AFAICT, but selinux support seems to be the most likely candidate. I noticed that effect only recently (last two rawhide updates?). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): selinux-policy-strict-1.13.10
Are you still seeing this? Can you run selinuxconfig when it is happening? Dan
I am no longer sure that I attributed that correctly. See bug #127048. It seemed at the time that selinux was the most likely candidate but possibly this was a coincidence. OTOH I cannot exclude that connection either. Yes, this is still happening, although I cannot really predict when. I will try selinuxconfig when this will strike again.
I got stuck again after the latest round of updates but this does not seem to a selinux fault because this time around no selinux-policy packages are installed. selinuxconfig just prints selinux state="disabled" policypath="/etc/selinux/targeted" default_type_path="/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/default_type" default_context_path="/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/default_contexts" default_failsafe_context_path="/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/failsafe_context" binary_policy_path="/etc/selinux/targeted/policy/policy" user_contexts_path="/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/users/" contexts_path="/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts" but otherwise does not have any effect. More details in comments to bug #127048.
Ok I am going to close this bug and allow the other to move forward.