selinux throwing incomprehensible errors when trying to run GoogleEardh

Daniel J Walsh dwalsh at redhat.com
Mon Jul 26 11:44:08 UTC 2010


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On 07/26/2010 01:27 AM, Claude Jones wrote:
> It seems to be saying that the directory access requested requires 
> labeling as usr_t, but its current type is usr_t -- it requires 
> usr_t but it's currently labeled usr_t -- there appears to 
> confusion here on the part of Selinux, no? I've tried applying the 
> recommended fix, but the recommended fix just resets the labelling 
> to what it already is, and I'm going round in circles
> 
> Summary:
> 
> SELinux is preventing /opt/google-earth/googleearth-bin "execmod" 
> access to
> /opt/google-earth/libIGGfx.so.
> 
> Detailed Description:
> 
> SELinux denied access requested by /opt/google-earth/googleearth-
> bin.
> /opt/google-earth/googleearth-bin is mislabeled.
> /opt/google-earth/googleearth-bin default SELinux type is usr_t, 
> but its current
> type is usr_t. Changing this file back to the default type, may 
> fix your
> problem.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
Run

restorecon -R -v /opt

Should fix the labels.
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