FC3: MatLAB fails with selinux-policy-targeted 1.17.30-3.2

[Ed Hill]

On Sat, 2005-06-11 at 12:02 -0400, Ed Hill wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I just yum-updated to the latest selinux-policy-targeted (0:1.17.30-3.2)
> and now MatLAB fails to run.  Previously, it worked without any
> problems.  But now it reports:
> 
>   /opt/matlab/bin/glnx86/MATLAB: error while loading shared libraries: 
>   /opt/matlab/bin/glnx86/libmwumfpackv4.3.so: cannot restore segment
>     prot after reloc: Permission denied
> 
> Setting SELinux to "permissive" allows MatLAB to run but its not a
> graceful fix.  I'd like to find a way to keep SELinux running without
> disabling MatLAB.
> 
> Can someone please suggest how to do this?


No one suggested a fix but I tried upgrading to:

  ftp://people.redhat.com/dwalsh/SELinux/FC3/selinux-policy-
targeted-1.17.30-3.9.noarch.rpm

and now MatLAB works again even with SEinux in "enforcing" mode.

Ed

-- 
Edward H. Hill III, PhD
office:  MIT Dept. of EAPS;  Rm 54-1424;  77 Massachusetts Ave.
             Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
emails:  eh3 at mit.edu                ed at eh3.com
URLs:    http://web.mit.edu/eh3/    http://eh3.com/
phone:   617-253-0098
fax:     617-253-4464