[DSE-User] wrong context with graphical login

Martin Orr martin at martinorr.name
Mon Jan 12 17:52:12 UTC 2009


Have you fixed the problem in #501647 (i.e. is gdm labelled correctly)?

If not, then do you have the xserver module loaded?  (Check semodule -l)

Best wishes,
Martin Orr

On 09/01/09 11:14, Pierre Chifflier wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to help getting SELinux support in Debian (I package
> setroubleshoot, for ex.), but my sid installation got some weird
> problem:
> If I login using a tty or a console, no problem.
> However, if I use a desktop manager (like gdm, but I have also tried kdm
> and wdm), I got a wrong context:
> [~] id -Z
> unconfined_u:system_r:netutils_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
> 
> netutils_t is obviously wrong ...
> 
> I tried to find the error, but could not go further than pointing a
> problem in context transitions, as described in bug #501647 [1]
> 
> Setup looks correct:
> 
> # semanage login -l
> 
> Login Name                SELinux User              MLS/MCS Range
> 
> __default__               unconfined_u              s0-s0:c0.c1023
> root                      unconfined_u              s0-s0:c0.c1023
> system_u                  system_u                  s0-s0:c0.c1023
> 
> ~# semanage user -l
> 
>                 Labeling   MLS/       MLS/
> SELinux User    Prefix     MCS Level  MCS Range                      SELinux Roles
> 
> root            sysadm     s0         s0-s0:c0.c1023                 staff_r sysadm_r system_r
> staff_u         staff      s0         s0-s0:c0.c1023                 staff_r sysadm_r
> sysadm_u        sysadm     s0         s0-s0:c0.c1023                 sysadm_r
> system_u        user       s0         s0-s0:c0.c1023                 system_r
> unconfined_u    unconfined s0         s0-s0:c0.c1023                 system_r unconfined_r
> user_u          user       s0         s0                             user_r
> 
> 
> Note that seems to happen only in Sid, not Lenny. I tried relabelling,
> everything looks fine.
> 
> Could you help me please ?
> 
> Pierre
> 
> [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=501647
> 
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