Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:13:36 -0400 | From | Gene Heskett <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.27-rc1: strange fstab issue (Re: 2.6.27-rc1 + selinux new options = no httpd) |
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On Friday 01 August 2008, Eric Paris wrote: >On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 09:39 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Thursday 31 July 2008, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: >> Update by Gene below. >> >> >On Thursday, 31 of July 2008, James Morris wrote: >> >> On Thu, 31 Jul 2008, Gene Heskett wrote: >> >> > >Which new options? >> >> > >> >> > Make xconfig-->security options: >> >> > >> >> > XFRM Networking security hooks >> >> > >> >> > and several others just below it. Unforch, I can't copy/paste the >> >> > screen. >> >> >> >> I can't really imagine what that is (although if you enable the secmark >> >> controls under the main SELinux menu, which are disabled by default, >> >> there could be problems). >> > >> >On a possibly related note, I've been observing a strange issue on one of >> >my test boxes with OpenSUSE 10.3 recently. Namely, the fsck complains >> >that there's no passno value in the fstab, although it obviously is >> > present. >> > >> >Strangely enough, if the kernel is compiled with CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX >> > unset, the fsck doesn't complain about the missing passno field any >> > more. >> > >> >Thanks, >> >Rafael >> >> I just did a 2.6.27-rc1 rebuild on a pure, all defaults 'make oldconfig' >> from my 2.6.26 final .config moved to that src tree. >> >> httpd is still being denied access to its log files and dies during the >> bootup. >> >> This is a showstopper for me. > >Stephen Smalley just sent me a private note. Apparently he is having >e-mail trouble but he did point out the most likely problem. Can you >add the patch from > >http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121726661110266&w=2
Bingo! The first version there was off about 10 line numbers so I just added the "| MAY_APPEND", as the second version shows and that was it. Thanks.
>And give it a whirl? Sorry, but we think the problem is that the VFS >stopped passing all of the relevant information down to the security >system. https is only allowed to append to its log files, not actually >'write.' Since the VFS is longer differentiating those two operations >you are getting then denial for write. > >I'll try to get this pushed into linus's tree quickly.
Looks like its a good to go fix from this angle. Thanks Eric. You could even put a tested by: Gene Heskett in it I suppose. :)
>-Eric
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