authconfig-6.1.11-1.fc14.x86_64 during firstboot I did not set up a user. I selected FreeIPA and told it to create homedirs the first time I log in. When I logged in I found that this generated multiple AVCs. I had a brief conversation on irc with sgallagh about it which I am attaching below. < eparis> also need to file a bug or two because SELinux got mad creating my new homedir >>sgallagh<< eparis: Also not a bug >>sgallagh<< eparis: You need to have pam_oddjob_mkhomedir installed to avoid that < sgallagh> It's a limitation of the ages-old pam_mkhomedir < eparis> firstboot gui shouldn't offer something it can't actually do correctly.... < sgallagh> THAT we should probably document more prominently, but I'm pretty sure it's mentioned in Fedora docs somewhere >>sgallagh<< eparis: File a bug against authconfig < sgallagh> I want them to require the oddjob version by default < sgallagh> Right now authconfig uses it if its available, but doesn't mandate its installation
I think this should be done by properly adding oddjob-mkhomedir to comps to be installed by default in the non-minimal types of installs.
Alternately, authconfig should not be configuring the system to use pam_mkhomedir when the system is configured to enforce SELinux policy. It should at least warn the administrator that it's about to write out a configuration that isn't expected to work. Moving this back to the authconfig component.
*** Bug 784444 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Can we have a resolution for this ? It's really confusing for users and by default Fedora uses SELinux in Enforcing mode which means pam_mkhomedir is *always* broken by default.
I'll make the GUI option grayed out when SELinux is enforcing and the pam_oddjob_mkhomedir is not available. Also in the command-line UI I will warn about the unusability of pam_mkhomedir with SELinux enforcing, suggesting to install oddjob-mkhomedir package.
*** Bug 786223 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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