Description of problem: /sbin/fixfiles returns without doing anything on filesystems formatted as ext4 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): until policycoreutils-1.33.12-14.8 As the scripts enumerates accepted filesys types ( ext2, ext3, jfs, xfs) and ext4 is missing it returns without doing any necessary modification. The following patch make it work as expected. Best regards, Giorgio. # diff -c /sbin/fixfiles-1.33.12-14.8 /sbin/fixfiles *** /sbin/fixfiles-1.33.12-14.8 2010-04-03 05:09:27.000000000 +0200 --- /sbin/fixfiles 2011-07-09 16:21:58.000000000 +0200 *************** *** 88,94 **** fi; \ done | \ while read pattern ; do find $pattern \ ! ! \( -fstype ext2 -o -fstype ext3 -o -fstype jfs -o -fstype xfs \) -prune -o \ \( -wholename /home -o -wholename /root -o -wholename /tmp -wholename /dev \) -prune -o -print; \ done 2> /dev/null | \ ${RESTORECON} ${FORCEFLAG} $2 -v -f - --- 88,94 ---- fi; \ done | \ while read pattern ; do find $pattern \ ! ! \( -fstype ext2 -o -fstype ext3 -o -fstype ext4 -o -fstype jfs -o -fstype xfs \) -prune -o \ \( -wholename /home -o -wholename /root -o -wholename /tmp -wholename /dev \) -prune -o -print; \ done 2> /dev/null | \ ${RESTORECON} ${FORCEFLAG} $2 -v -f - *************** *** 127,133 **** if [ ! -z "$DIRS" ]; then if [ -x /usr/bin/find ]; then for d in ${DIRS} ; do find $d \ ! ! \( -fstype ext2 -o -fstype ext3 -o -fstype jfs -o -fstype xfs \) -prune -o -print | \ ${RESTORECON} ${FORCEFLAG} $* -f - 2>&1 >> $LOGFILE done else --- 127,133 ---- if [ ! -z "$DIRS" ]; then if [ -x /usr/bin/find ]; then for d in ${DIRS} ; do find $d \ ! ! \( -fstype ext2 -o -fstype ext3 -o -fstype ext4 -o -fstype jfs -o -fstype xfs \) -prune -o -print | \ ${RESTORECON} ${FORCEFLAG} $* -f - 2>&1 >> $LOGFILE done else
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Fixed in policycoreutils-1.33.12-14.10.el5
Fixed in policycoreutils-1.33.12-14.11.el5
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1344.html