question why newrole gives error

[Daniel J Walsh]

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On 05/08/2013 11:23 AM, John Emrich wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Running Fedora-18. When executing the newrole command I consistently get
> the same error message "incorrect password for xyzuser". I have su'd to
> root. Everything appears valid. Below is a snippet from a terminal session
> that demonstrates the error message. I receive the same error regardless
> whether I am in enforcement mode or not. Any suggestions as to the cause?
> 
> 
> [root at localhost xyzuser]# newrole -r system_r -t sysadm_t Password: 
> newrole: incorrect password for xyzuser Error sending audit message. 
> [root at localhost xyzuser]# semanage user -l
> 
> Labeling   MLS/       MLS/ SELinux User    Prefix     MCS Level  MCS Range
> SELinux Roles
> 
> ... deleted lines ... root            user       s0         s0-s0:c0.c1023
> staff_r sysadm_r system_r unconfined_r staff_u         user       s0
> s0-s0:c0.c1023                 staff_r sysadm_r system_r unconfined_r 
> sysadm_u        user       s0         s0-s0:c0.c1023
> sysadm_r system_u        user       s0         s0-s0:c0.c1023
> system_r unconfined_r unconfined_u    user       s0         s0-s0:c0.c1023
> system_r unconfined_r ... deleted lines ... [root at localhost xyzuser]# id
> -Z unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
> 
> 
> 
> Thank You John Emrich
> 
> 
> 
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I think we had a capability bug.  Just add pam_rootok to /etc/pam.d/newrole
and it should work better for you.

I prefer to use sudo for transitioning my user role.

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