Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 172830
HALD no longer auto-mounts usb devices (as of RHEL4-U2)
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:07:21 EST
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050921 Red Hat/1.0.7-1.4.1 Firefox/1.0.7 Description of problem: Prior to RHEL4-U2, when plugging in a usb device, the partitions would be auto-mounted under /media. As of (approximately) RHEL4, U2, this is no longer the case. The mount points are created, but the partitions are not mounted. I am noting that the hald package itselc did not change between U0 and present, so the bug is possibly not in the hald package, but perhaps is in a dependent library/package. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install RHEL4-U2 2. plug in a usb device. 3. It won't automount. Actual Results: it doesn't automount Expected Results: It should have automounted. Additional info:
This problem seems related to the selinux-policy-targeted/selinux-policy-targeted-sources errata update. If I apply the selinux-policy-targeted/selinux-policy-targeted-sources errata (1.17.30-2.110), then HALD no longer automounts. If I revert back to the U0 version (1.17.30-2.52.1), and reboot, then the original behaviour of automounting usb hard drives when plugged in is restored. so apparently there is a glitch in the selinux-policy-targeted (or sources) rule set. best rgds, -Greg
A bunch of policy has been fixed for the u3 update. You can get the prerelease packages here: ftp://people.redhat.com/dwalsh/SELinux/RHEL4/u3 Check if that solves your problem.
selinux-policy-targeted-1.17.30-2.118.noarch.rpm (from Dan's site above) fixes this with the following patch: diff -ru targeted.mine/src/policy/domains/program/initrc.te targeted/src/policy/domains/program/initrc.te --- targeted.mine/src/policy/domains/program/initrc.te 2005-09-13 03:26:49.000000000 +1000 +++ targeted/src/policy/domains/program/initrc.te 2005-11-10 02:28:52.000000000 +1100 @@ -271,8 +282,11 @@ typealias bin_t alias run_init_exec_t; type run_init_t, domain; domain_auto_trans(unconfined_t, initrc_exec_t, initrc_t) +allow unconfined_t initrc_t:dbus { acquire_svc send_msg }; +allow initrc_t unconfined_t:dbus { acquire_svc send_msg }; domain_trans(initrc_t, shell_exec_t, unconfined_t) allow initrc_t unconfined_t:system syslog_mod; +role sysadm_r types initrc_t; ', ` ################################# #
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2006-0049.html