Bug 174607 – /root created with wrong selinux context

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Bug 174607 - /root created with wrong selinux context

Summary:	/root created with wrong selinux context

Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 174227

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Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	anaconda (Show other bugs)
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Version:	5
Hardware:	All Linux

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Assigned To:	Jeremy Katz
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Reported:	2005-11-30 12:34 EST by Alexandre Oliva
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:11 EST (History)
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Last Closed:	2005-11-30 22:34:30 EST
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Description Alexandre Oliva 2005-11-30 12:34:14 EST

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Description of problem:
/root is created as system_u:object_r:default_t, but it needs system_u:object_r:user_home_dir_t to function properly.  Without it, you get errors as follows.

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install FC5test1
2.Log in as some regular user
3.Run `su -'

Actual Results:  su: warning: cannot change directory to /root: Permission denied
su: warning: cannot change directory to /root: Permission denied
Yes, twice.

Expected Results:  No such warnings or failures to chdir.

Additional info:

restorecon /root is enough to fix the problem.

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2005-11-30 22:34:30 EST


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 174227 ***

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