Problem with su -

[David Quigley]

On 03/05/2012 10:21, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> On 05/03/12 09:39, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>>        I have an F-16 computer that was working normally a couple of
>>        days ago when run this morning has an unusual [to me] 
>> problem.
>>
>>        When I su and type in the root password form the XCFE desktop 
>> it
>>        spends about 20 seconds before displaying a prompt and then
>>        instead of:
>>
>>            [bobg at box6 ~]$ su
>>            Password:
>>            [root at box6 bobg]# exit
>>
>>
>>        I get a prompt:  bash-4.2#
>>
>>        If instead of bringing up the desktop with startx I "su" it
>>        changes to root quickly after entering the password, also 
>> with
>>        the  prompt "bash-4.2#."
>>
>>        Other than that it apparently works? But obviously something 
>> has
>>        changed and I can't guess what?
>>
>>        Bob
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> If I ssh into box 9 from this computer [box6] I see the following
> which appears to indicate an SELinux problem?
>
> bash-4.2# cat /var/log/messages
>
> Mar  5 10:07:52 box9 dbus[906]: [system] Activating service
> name='net.reactivated.Fprint' (using servicehelper)
> Mar  5 10:07:52 box9 dbus-daemon[906]: dbus[906]: [system] Activating
> service name='net.reactivated.Fprint' (using servicehelper)
> Mar  5 10:07:52 box9 dbus-daemon[906]: Launching FprintObject
> Mar  5 10:07:52 box9 dbus[906]: [system] Successfully activated
> service 'net.reactivated.Fprint'
> Mar  5 10:07:52 box9 dbus-daemon[906]: dbus[906]: [system]
> Successfully activated service 'net.reactivated.Fprint'
> Mar  5 10:07:52 box9 dbus-daemon[906]: ** Message: D-Bus service
> launched with name: net.reactivated.Fprint
> Mar  5 10:07:52 box9 dbus-daemon[906]: ** Message: entering main loop
> Mar  5 10:08:00 box9 dbus[906]: [system] Activating service
> name='org.fedoraproject.Setroubleshootd' (using servicehelper)
> Mar  5 10:08:00 box9 dbus-daemon[906]: dbus[906]: [system] Activating
> service name='org.fedoraproject.Setroubleshootd' (using 
> servicehelper)
> Mar  5 10:08:02 box9 dbus[906]: [system] Successfully activated
> service 'org.fedoraproject.Setroubleshootd'
> Mar  5 10:08:02 box9 dbus-daemon[906]: dbus[906]: [system]
> Successfully activated service 'org.fedoraproject.Setroubleshootd'
> Mar  5 10:08:04 box9 abrtd: Directory 'ccpp-2012-03-05-10:08:04-881'
> creation detected
> Mar  5 10:08:04 box9 abrt[1761]: Saved core dump of pid 881
> (/usr/sbin/sedispatch) to 
> /var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2012-03-05-10:08:04-881
> (520192 bytes)
> Mar  5 10:08:05 box9 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing
> /usr/bin/xauth from write access on the None /root. For complete
> SELinux messages. run sealert -l 90fc420a-dec9-47ce-afa5-6132c99ec61d
> Mar  5 10:08:05 box9 abrtd: DUP_OF_DIR:
> /var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2012-03-05-08:19:06-878
> Mar  5 10:08:05 box9 abrtd: Problem directory is a duplicate of
> /var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2012-03-05-08:19:06-878
> Mar  5 10:08:05 box9 abrtd: Deleting problem directory
> ccpp-2012-03-05-10:08:04-881 (dup of ccpp-2012-03-05-08:19:06-878)
> Mar  5 10:08:06 box9 audispd: plugin /usr/sbin/sedispatch terminated
> unexpectedly
> Mar  5 10:08:06 box9 audispd: plugin /usr/sbin/sedispatch was 
> restarted
> Mar  5 10:08:06 box9 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing
> /usr/bin/xauth from write access on the None /root. For complete
> SELinux messages. run sealert -l 90fc420a-dec9-47ce-afa5-6132c99ec61d
> Mar  5 10:08:08 box9 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing
> /usr/bin/xauth from write access on the None /root. For complete
> SELinux messages. run sealert -l 90fc420a-dec9-47ce-afa5-6132c99ec61d
> Mar  5 10:08:10 box9 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing
> /usr/bin/xauth from write access on the None /root. For complete
> SELinux messages. run sealert -l 90fc420a-dec9-47ce-afa5-6132c99ec61d
> Mar  5 10:08:12 box9 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing
> /usr/bin/xauth from write access on the None /root. For complete
> SELinux messages. run sealert -l 90fc420a-dec9-47ce-afa5-6132c99ec61d
> Mar  5 10:08:14 box9 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing
> /usr/bin/xauth from write access on the None /root. For complete
> SELinux messages. run sealert -l 90fc420a-dec9-47ce-afa5-6132c99ec61d
> Mar  5 10:08:16 box9 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing
> /usr/bin/xauth from write access on the None /root. For complete
> SELinux messages. run sealert -l 90fc420a-dec9-47ce-afa5-6132c99ec61d
> Mar  5 10:08:18 box9 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing
> /usr/bin/xauth from write access on the None /root. For complete
> SELinux messages. run sealert -l 90fc420a-dec9-47ce-afa5-6132c99ec61d
> Mar  5 10:08:22 box9 dbus-daemon[906]: ** Message: No devices in use, 
> exit
>
> Not sure what to do ...
>
> Bob


Would you mind running sealert -l 90fc420a-dec9-47ce-afa5-6132c99ec61d 
and posting the output here so we can see what the problem is?