haldaemon problem

[Tod Merley]

On Dec 11, 2007 9:48 PM, david walcroft <d_j_w46 at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>
> Tod Merley wrote:
> > On Dec 11, 2007 2:14 PM, david walcroft <d_j_w46 at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> >
> >> Todd Zullinger wrote:
> >>
> >>> david walcroft wrote:
> >>>
> > ------------------- snip --------->
> >
> >>>> 11:41:24.744 [D] util_helper.c:124: drop_privileges: could not set group id
> >>>> [david at reddwarf ~]$
> >>>>
> >>>> Hope this helps
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> It definitely gives up something to work with.  Is the ConsoleKit
> >>> service running (service ConsoleKit status)?  Is DBus running (service
> >>> messagebus status)?
> >>>
> >>> Perhaps someone else will recognize this and chime in.  A quick google
> >>> doesn't turn up anything I'd consider definitive as the cause.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> service ConsoleKit status = (pid 2020) is running
> >> service message  status    = (pid 2312 1869 is running
> >>
> >> Hope this can help    david
> >>
> >>
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> >
> > Hi David!
> >
> > Just adding a bit to Warren's comment - what I see (hal working) on my
> > system  in /var/cache/hald:
> > -----------------------------------------------------
> > [root at localhost hald]# pwd
> > /var/cache/hald
> > [root at localhost hald]# ls -a -l
> > total 456
> > drwx------  2 haldaemon haldaemon   4096 2007-11-18 09:08 .
> > drwxr-xr-x 10 root      root        4096 2007-11-03 20:42 ..
> > -rw-r--r--  1 root      root      439012 2007-11-18 09:08 fdi-cache
> > [root at localhost hald]# ls -a -Z
> > drwx------  haldaemon haldaemon system_u:object_r:hald_cache_t   .
> > drwxr-xr-x  root      root      system_u:object_r:var_t          ..
> > -rw-r--r--  root      root      system_u:object_r:hald_cache_t   fdi-cache
> > [root at localhost hald]#
> > ----------------------------------------
> > The second "ls" run is to show SELinux context.
> >
> > Have Fun!
> >
> > Tod
> >
> >
> I get this
>
> [root at reddwarf ~]# cd /var/cache/hald
> [root at reddwarf hald]# pwd
> /var/cache/hald
> [root at reddwarf hald]# ls -a -l
> total 16
> drwx------  2 haldaemon haldaemon 4096 2007-10-12 08:58 .
> drwxr-xr-x 15 root      root      4096 2007-11-29 20:34 ..
> [root at reddwarf hald]# ls -a -Z
> drwx------  haldaemon haldaemon system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t    .
> drwxr-xr-x  root      root      system_u:object_r:var_t          ..
> [root at reddwarf hald]#
>
>
>   david
>
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Hi David!

Try this:

Set SELinux to "Permissive" and try restarting hal.  On my
system with SELinux "Enforceing" I get:

[root at localhost tod]# /sbin/service haldaemon restart
Stopping HAL daemon:                                     [  OK  ]
Starting HAL daemon:                                       [  OK  ]

If that yeilds good results go back into "System > Administration >
SELinux Management" and when the "SELinux Administration" window comes
up set it back to "Enforceing" and also hit the "Relable on next
reboot" check box.  Reboot and repeat the test as shown above.

Good Hunting!

Tod