Description of problem: A SELinux sandbox program that used to open Firefox in a sandbox window does not open the sandbox window, nor Firefox, anymore. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): $ rpm -q --whatprovides /usr/bin/sandbox policycoreutils-python-2.1.13-56.fc18.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: $ /usr/bin/sandbox -X -t sandbox_web_t -W /usr/bin/metacity /usr/bin/firefox Actual results: This message: "Unable to switch to root to clear tmp dir" Expected results: Window opens with Firefox in it. Additional info: I do not see any corresponding messages in /var/log/messages or /var/log/secure
Fixed in policycoreutils-2.1.13-59.fc18 Also you should not need metaticy any longer since we have moved to openbox and firefox seems to work fine with it. Also eliminated bogus "Unable to switch to root to clear tmp dir" message
policycoreutils-2.1.13-59.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/policycoreutils-2.1.13-59.fc18
Package policycoreutils-2.1.13-59.fc18: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing policycoreutils-2.1.13-59.fc18' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-4555/policycoreutils-2.1.13-59.fc18 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
Fix works, thanks a lot! Giving karma.
policycoreutils-2.1.13-59.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.