Description of problem: take a fresh installed f17, (including updates), then run e.g yum install mysql-server results in: Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing : mysql-server-5.5.27-1.fc17.x86_64 1/1 warning: user mysql does not exist - using root warning: group mysql does not exist - using root warning: user mysql does not exist - using root warning: group mysql does not exist - using root warning: user mysql does not exist - using root warning: group mysql does not exist - using root Verifying : mysql-server-5.5.27-1.fc17.x86_64 1/1 type=ADD_GROUP msg=audit(1347435072.926:84): pid=1658 uid=0 auid=1000 ses=2 subj=unconfined_u:system_r:groupadd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 msg='op=adding group to /etc/gshadow acct="mysql" exe="/usr/sbin/groupadd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=failed' type=ADD_GROUP msg=audit(1347435072.928:85): pid=1658 uid=0 auid=1000 ses=2 subj=unconfined_u:system_r:groupadd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 msg='op=adding group to /etc/group acct="mysql" exe="/usr/sbin/groupadd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=failed' type=ADD_GROUP msg=audit(1347435072.929:86): pid=1658 uid=0 auid=1000 ses=2 subj=unconfined_u:system_r:groupadd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 msg='op= acct="mysql" exe="/usr/sbin/groupadd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=failed' (reproducible also with openstack-nova, openstack-glance, qpidd, etc.) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): [root@localhost audit]# rpm -qa | grep selinux libselinux-utils-2.1.10-3.fc17.x86_64 selinux-policy-devel-3.10.0-146.fc17.noarch libselinux-2.1.10-3.fc17.x86_64 selinux-policy-targeted-3.10.0-146.fc17.noarch libselinux-python-2.1.10-3.fc17.x86_64 selinux-policy-3.10.0-146.fc17.noarch How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. fresh install f17, install updates during install 2. boot up 3. yum install mysql-server Actual results: see above Expected results: no denies Additional info:
I can't reproduce this at all? # getenforce Enforcing # id mysql id: mysql: no such user # yum update # rpm -qa "*selinux*" selinux-policy-devel-3.10.0-146.fc17.noarch selinux-policy-targeted-3.10.0-146.fc17.noarch selinux-policy-3.10.0-146.fc17.noarch libselinux-2.1.10-3.fc17.x86_64 libselinux-python-2.1.10-3.fc17.x86_64 libselinux-utils-2.1.10-3.fc17.x86_64 # yum install mysql-server # id mysql uid=27(mysql) gid=27(mysql) groups=27(mysql)
This seems intermittent. I didn't experience in 3 tries Matthias had issue in 2 of 3 tries *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 844167 ***