Bug 167970 - userhelper fails to set exec context in strict policy
Summary: userhelper fails to set exec context in strict policy
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: usermode
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Daniel Walsh
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-09-09 21:23 UTC by Nalin Dahyabhai
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2006-09-18 19:50:37 UTC
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a patch which is NOT the right fix (498 bytes, patch)
2005-09-09 21:23 UTC, Nalin Dahyabhai
no flags Details | Diff

Description Nalin Dahyabhai 2005-09-09 21:23:57 UTC
Description of problem:
When computing the context under which the privileged application should be run,
userhelper reads the originating context from a static file instead of using the
context from which it was invoked.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
usermode-1.81-1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Log in as root with MCS strict policy
2. Attempt to run authconfig (5.0.1-1)
3. Observe error -- the original context which is logged as part of the failure
is not the context in which you're executing.
  
Actual results:
No output, error logged.

Expected results:
authconfig should run.

Comment 1 Nalin Dahyabhai 2005-09-09 21:23:57 UTC
Created attachment 118666 [details]
a patch which is NOT the right fix

Comment 2 Jindrich Novy 2005-10-26 17:09:48 UTC
Dan, do you have any idea how to fix it better ?

Comment 3 Daniel Walsh 2006-09-18 19:50:37 UTC
Close for lack use  usermode should probably not be used in strict policy


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