Description of problem: If SELinux is disabled, when slip.util.files.overwrite_safely is called with the default preserve_context=True, it fails because it cannot read the "security.selinux" xattr of the destination file. This makes it impossible to save the configuration in system-config-date. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): python-slip-0.2.12-1.fc13.noarch How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: touch foo python <<SCRIPT from slip.util.files import overwrite_safely overwrite_safely("foo", "content") SCRIPT Actual results: Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 2, in <module> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/slip/util/files.py", line 179, in overwrite_safely ret, ctx = selinux.getfilecon(path) OSError: [Errno 61] No data available Expected results: The file is successfully written.
I seem to have misunderstood the possible return values of selinux.is_selinux_enabled(): commit 6502bebb6b94d613e84e2cc517a299e2cb9028c9 Author: Nils Philippsen <nils> Date: Tue Aug 31 15:43:30 2010 +0200 fix overwrite_safely() if SELinux is disabled (#627788) diff --git a/slip/util/files.py b/slip/util/files.py index b248d17..1b2887d 100644 --- a/slip/util/files.py +++ b/slip/util/files.py @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ def overwrite_safely(path, content, preserve_mode=True, preserve_context=True): exists = os.path.exists(path) - if preserve_context and selinux.is_selinux_enabled() < 0: + if preserve_context and selinux.is_selinux_enabled() <= 0: preserve_context = False try:
According to your comment on the Fedora update page: mattmccutchen - 2010-08-27 00:44:12 I'm unable to test bug 615819 because bug 627788 prevents system-config-date from saving the configuration at all on my SELinux-disabled system. I tried downgrading to python-slip-0.2.11-1.fc13 and the same problem occurs, so it's not a regression; I'm not sure what changed since I initially filed bug 615819. It may even be that something changed in libselinux/-python (but that doesn't really matter now).
python-slip-0.2.13-1.fc14 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 14. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/python-slip-0.2.13-1.fc14
python-slip-0.2.13-1.fc13 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 13. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/python-slip-0.2.13-1.fc13
python-slip-0.2.13-1.fc12 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 12. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/python-slip-0.2.13-1.fc12
python-slip-0.2.13-1.fc13 has been pushed to the Fedora 13 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update python-slip'. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/python-slip-0.2.13-1.fc13
python-slip-0.2.13-1.fc13 has been pushed to the Fedora 13 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
python-slip-0.2.13-1.fc14 has been pushed to the Fedora 14 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
python-slip-0.2.13-1.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.