Description of problem: On ia64 platforms, hwclock is accessed via /etc/efirtc. Access to this file is blocked by selinux as no policy for file access exists. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): latest rawhide pull (fedora-devel branch) How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install Fedora ia64 2. Boot. 3. Actual results: Following error is seen in dmesg: audit(1140618354.548:2): avc: denied { read } for pid=3012 comm="hwclock" name="efirtc" dev=tmpfs ino=4860 scontext=system_u:system_r:hwclock_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:device_t:s0 tclass=chr_file and following is seen on console: Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method. Use the --debug option to see the details of our search for an access method. Setting clock (localtime): Tue Feb 21 20:00:15 EST 2006 [ OK ] Starting udev Expected results: No errors should be seen. Additional info: Already talked with dwalsh regarding this issue. Test selinux-policy provided solves this issue.
Sorry -- that should read "/dev/efirtc" not "/etc/efirtc".
*** Bug 178745 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Fixed in selinux-policy-targeted-1.17.30-2.135
(In reply to comment #2) > *** Bug 178745 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** I don't think that bug #178745 is a duplicate of this one. Otherwise, it means that the problem is still present, with selinux-policy-targeted-2.2.38-5
Should be fixed in the current release