Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): * coreutils-6.12-9.fc10.i386 * Fedora release 9.91 (Rawhide) * kernel-2.6.27-0.352.rc7.git1.fc10.i686 * policycoreutils-2.0.55-8.fc10.i386 * libselinux-2.0.71-4.fc10.i386 * selinux-policy-3.5.7-1.fc10.noarch * libselinux-python-2.0.71-4.fc10.i386 * selinux-policy-targeted-3.5.7-1.fc10.noarch * libselinux-utils-2.0.71-4.fc10.i386 # sestatus SELinux status: enabled SELinuxfs mount: /selinux Current mode: enforcing Mode from config file: enforcing Policy version: 23 Policy from config file: targeted How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: As the Linux root user: 1. touch /var/www/html/file1 2. ls -Z /var/www/html/file1 -rw-r--r-- root root unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 /var/www/html/file1 3. chcon -c -t samba_share_t /var/www/html/file1 Actual results: A "Try `chcon --help' for more information." error. Context does not change (stays httpd_sys_content_t). Expected results: context changed and a "context of /var/www/html/file1 changed to user_u:object_r:samba_share_t" message. Additional info: No denial messages. "chcon -v -t samba_share_t /var/www/html/file1" works as expected ("changing security context of `/var/www/html/file1'") Works as expected on: * coreutils-5.97-14.el5 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client release 5.2 (Tikanga) * kernel-2.6.18-92.1.1.el5 * policycoreutils-1.33.12-14.el5 * libselinux-devel-1.33.4-5.el5 * libselinux-python-1.33.4-5.el5 * selinux-policy-2.4.6-137.el5 * libselinux-1.33.4-5.el5 * selinux-policy-targeted-2.4.6-137.el5 $ sestatus SELinux status: enabled SELinuxfs mount: /selinux Current mode: enforcing Mode from config file: enforcing Policy version: 21 Policy from config file: targeted
Same issue occurs on Fedora 9: * coreutils-6.10-30.fc9.i386 * Fedora release 9 (Sulphur) * kernel-2.6.26.3-29.fc9.i686 * policycoreutils-2.0.52-8.fc9.i386 * selinux-policy-targeted-3.3.1-87.fc9.noarch * selinux-policy-3.3.1-87.fc9.noarch * libselinux-python-2.0.67-4.fc9.i386 * libselinux-2.0.67-4.fc9.i386 * selinux-policy-devel-3.3.1-87.fc9.noarch SELinux status: enabled SELinuxfs mount: /selinux Current mode: enforcing Mode from config file: enforcing Policy version: 23 Policy from config file: targeted
Thanks for report, after discussing problem with upstream, decision to remove that option from help was made. Source code with support for that option is not implemented in recent upstream version. Will be fixed in next Fedora builds. (Jim Meyering (upstream maintainer of coreutils) said: FYI, implementing semantics of -c (reliably) is not possible, and adds unnecessary complexity, so I removed it.)
Built without mentioning '-c' option in help and man as coreutils-6.12-13.fc10. Closing RAWHIDE.
(Update for F-9 doing the same thing will be done soon (with other fixes))