Selinux prevents setting timezone via timedatectl. timedatectl set-timezone Europe/Helsinki > Failed to set time zone: Failed to update /etc/localtime audit: type=1400 audit(1567689788.617:317): avc: denied { write } for pid=7096 comm="timedatex" name="etc" dev="dm-0" ino=130051 scontext=system_u:system_r:timedatex_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:etc_t:s0 tclass=dir permissive=0
commit e4e2b0f8cf8b73680b47740f99412401af8868a3 (HEAD -> rawhide, origin/rawhide, origin/HEAD) Author: Lukas Vrabec <lvrabec> Date: Fri Sep 6 17:31:25 2019 +0200 Update timedatex policy to manage localization Allow timedatex_t domain to manage localization files Allow timedatex_t domain to create localization files with proper SELinux label (locale_t) Resolves: rhbz#1749375
FEDORA-2019-64732fd6a5 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 31. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-64732fd6a5
selinux-policy-3.14.4-36.fc31 has been pushed to the Fedora 31 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-64732fd6a5
This package has changed maintainer in the Fedora. Reassigning to the new maintainer of this component.
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