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Bug 2151944 - Ambiguous warning about SELinux in dscreate for non-root user
Summary: Ambiguous warning about SELinux in dscreate for non-root user
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Status: CLOSED MIGRATED
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Directory Server
Classification: Red Hat
Component: 389-ds-base
Version: 12.1
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: DS12.5
: dirsrv-12.5
Assignee: Viktor Ashirov
QA Contact: LDAP QA Team
Zuzana Zoubkova
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-12-08 16:54 UTC by Viktor Ashirov
Modified: 2024-06-26 13:33 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2024-06-26 13:33:30 UTC
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Github 389ds 389-ds-base issues 6086 0 None open Ambiguous warning about SELinux in dscreate for non-root user 2024-02-08 11:42:45 UTC
Red Hat Issue Tracker   DIRSRV-46 0 None None Red Hat Issue Tracker 2024-06-26 13:33:29 UTC
Red Hat Issue Tracker IDMDS-3987 0 None None None 2023-12-13 16:36:50 UTC

Description Viktor Ashirov 2022-12-08 16:54:29 UTC 
Description of problem:
When an instance is created using dscreate under non-root user, there is a scary looking ambiguous warning:

> Selinux support will be disabled, continue? [yes]:

It's not clear to the user what exactly are the implications (system-wide disabling of SELinux?).

We should provide a better wording for this question, for example

> SELinux contexts for instance files will not be applied, continue? [yes]:

Or remove it completely, since there is no other choice and the implications are benign. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
389-ds-base-2.1.5-4.module+el9dsrv+16995+8a75ed16.x86_64


How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
$ mkdir -p bin
$ dscreate ds-root $HOME/test $HOME/bin
$ hash -r
$ dscreate interactive
Comment 4 Viktor Ashirov 2024-06-26 13:33:30 UTC 
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