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Description of problem: When a ZTE 628 mobile modem is inserted to the USB port the activation procedure for the modem ends with the error (in /var/log/messages): Jun 7 22:49:48 av pppd[21767]: Can't create lock file /var/lock/LCK..ttyUSB2: Permission denied and NetworkManager fails to connect the modem to the network. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora release 15 (Lovelock) How reproducible: Always fails. Steps to Reproduce: 1. After opening a session in gnome (version 3) insert the mobile modem 2. Check /var/log/messages 3. Expanding the NetworkManager icon you see that it tries to connect several times and never connects. Jun 7 22:53:06 av NetworkManager[791]: <warn> GSM connection failed: (32) Serial command timed out Jun 7 22:53:06 av NetworkManager[791]: <info> (ttyUSB2): device state change: prepare -> failed (reason 'unknown') [40 120 1] Jun 7 22:53:06 av NetworkManager[791]: <warn> Activation (ttyUSB2) failed. Jun 7 22:53:06 av NetworkManager[791]: <info> (ttyUSB2): device state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none') [120 30 0] Jun 7 22:53:06 avillarrlap3 NetworkManager[791]: <info> (ttyUSB2): deactivating device (reason: 0). Actual results: Modem will not connect. The error above will appear in messages. Also, the following errors occur with selinux: messages-20110605:Jun 4 15:44:55 av kernel: [ 7.111706] type=1400 audit(1307202280.141:4): avc: denied { relabelto } for pid=1 comm="systemd" name="lock" dev=tmpfs ino=6212 scontext=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:pppd_t:s0 tclass=dir messages-20110605:Jun 4 15:44:55 av kernel: [ 19.109172] type=1400 audit(1307220292.140:5): avc: denied { read } for pid=744 comm="systemd-tmpfile" name="lock" dev=dm-1 ino=1985 scontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_tmpfiles_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_t:s0 tclass=lnk_file messages-20110605:Jun 4 15:44:55 av kernel: [ 19.121304] type=1400 audit(1307220292.152:6): avc: denied { relabelto } for pid=744 comm="systemd-tmpfile" name="lock" dev=tmpfs ino=6212 scontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_tmpfiles_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:pppd_t:s0 tclass=dir messages-20110605:Jun 4 15:44:55 av kernel: [ 19.121453] type=1400 audit(1307220292.152:7): avc: denied { associate } for pid=744 comm="systemd-tmpfile" name="lock" dev=tmpfs ino=6212 scontext=system_u:object_r:pppd_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:tmpfs_t:s0 tclass=filesystem Expected results And Workaround: I have been able to eliminate the error by doing the following: - change selinux from "enforcing" to "permissive" - stop NetowrkManager (service NetworkManager stop) - stop modem-manager (killall -9 modem-manager) - start modem-manager in one terminal as root (modem-manager --debug --log-level=DEBUG) - start NetworkManager as root in another terminal (NM_PPP_DEBUG=1 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon) The lock file that is created is "/var/lock/LCK..ttyUSB2" (user root, group root, write permissions only for root) but should be the correct one for the release (something like /var/lock/lockdev/ttyUSB2 ???).
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