Description of problem: This is so strange, I went to tail /var/log/messages, and discovered I have no log files other than /var/log/yum.log. I am using pretty much a generic Fedora 9 install, with no changes to /etc/rsyslog.conf. rsyslogd is running, but no log files are being created. After I decided to send a HUP to rsysctl, and discovered the problem was /var/log was created with the wrong xattributes by the Fedora 9 install. I did 'restorecon -v /var/log && pkill -HUP rsysctld' and now everything is working fine. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): filesystem-2.4.13-1.fc9.i386 How reproducible: I haven't tried. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install Fedora 9 with an encrypted root from the install DVD with SELinux in enforcing mode. 2. 3. Actual results: /var/log has wrong xattributes. No messages are logged. Expected results: /var/log should have correct attributes. Additional info:
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Thanks for report and sorry for late response - just got maintainance of that package. Does the issue still persist? Does it apply for later Fedoras(as F-9 is almost EOL)? Could you, please, provide ls -lZd /var/log before restorecon? Anyway - such thing can't be easily solved in filesystem package itself, I guess it is more for anaconda installer or something like this (as I guess there are no %post scriptlets allowed in filesystem and i can't restorecon (due to dependency loop) in filesystem package). Changing version to F-10 to prevent autoclosing ...
Closing insufficient data (as reported against EOL F-9 and likely not so urgent as initial report). Feel free to reopen that bugzilla if you still experience that issue with current Fedora.