Bug 231656 - NetLabel and IPsec management tools fail to start at boot
Summary: NetLabel and IPsec management tools fail to start at boot
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: selinux-policy
Version: 5.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
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Assignee: Daniel Walsh
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Blocks: RHEL5LSPPCertTracker
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Reported: 2007-03-09 20:42 UTC by Paul Moore
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: RHBA-2007-0544
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2007-11-07 16:38:35 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2007:0544 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE selinux-policy bug fix update 2007-11-08 14:16:49 UTC

Description Paul Moore 2007-03-09 20:42:25 UTC
Description of problem:
The NetLabel and IPsec management tools fail to start at boot due to problems 
with the MLS policy.  The IPsec problems have been discussed on the SELinux 
mailing list:

 * http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=117346104800002&r=1&w=2
 * http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=117346081500003&r=1&w=2

A series of patches have been posted to the SELinux mailing list which 
addresses these problems:

 * http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=selinux&m=117347274928694&w=2

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
selinux-policy-mls-2.4.6-30.el5

How reproducible:
Every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Configure NetLabel and/or IPsec to start at boot time
2. Boot the system
  
Actual results:
See the above mailing list links for detail

Expected results:
The system is configured as expected

Additional info:
This is directly related the LSPP certification efforts of Red Hat, HP, and 
IBM.

Comment 1 Daniel Walsh 2007-03-12 12:34:36 UTC
Patches applied to selinux-policy-2.4.6-45

Comment 2 Paul Moore 2007-03-12 14:47:12 UTC
I just tested selinux-policy-2.4.6-45 and can verify that it does solve the 
problems described in this bug report.

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2007-11-07 16:38:35 UTC
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-2007-0544.html



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