Re: error in 'make load'

[Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh redhat com>]

gf wrote:
> On 2/20/06, Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh redhat com> wrote:
>   
> > gf wrote:
> >     
> > > Hi,
> > > I am trying to update the httpd policy in selinux to allow access to port 8443.
> > > I thought that I could add the line
> > >   portcon tcp 8443  system_u:object_r:http_port_t
> > > to the file
> > >   /etc/selinux/targeted/src/policy/net_contents
> > > and recompile.
> > >
> > > My first step was to download the sources:
> > >   selinux-policy-targeted-sources-1.17.30-2.110.rpm
> > > and install.
> > >
> > >       
I tried it here and it worked. 

Do you have an up2date version of checkpolicy?  Policycoreutils?

I don't think your change is effecting this at all.

> > > To check whether or not everthing was working, I tried the following
> > > without altering any files:
> > >
> > > [$ /etc/selinux/targeted/src/policy]:make load
> > > mkdir -p /etc/selinux/targeted/policy
> > > /usr/bin/checkpolicy -o /etc/selinux/targeted/policy/policy.18 policy.conf
> > > /usr/bin/checkpolicy:  loading policy configuration from policy.conf
> > > tmp/program_used_flags.te:2:ERROR 'syntax error' at token
> > > '/etc/selinux/targeted/src/policy/domains/program' on line 1164:
> > > /etc/selinux/targeted/src/policy/domains/program
> > > #line 1 "tmp/program_used_flags.te"
> > > /usr/bin/checkpolicy:  error(s) encountered while parsing configuration
> > > make: *** [/etc/selinux/targeted/policy/policy.18] Error 1
> > >
> > >
> > > I am a newbie with regard to selinux and would really appreciate some
> > > help diagnosing and correcting this error so that I can make my
> > > desired changes.
> > >
> > > I am using Scientific Linux 4 (a variant of RHEL4).
> > >
> > > Thanks for your help.
> > >
> > >
> > >       
> > First can you upgrade to
> >
> > selinux-policy-targeted*1.17.30-2.126.rpm
> > THen try again.
> >
> > It is available on ftp://people.redhat.com/dwalsh/SELinux/RHEL4
> >
> > You also need to grab the policycoreutils from there also.
> >     
> > > -g
> > >
> > >       
>
> Hi,
> Thanks for the response.
> I downloaded the following files from the site you pointed to
>   selinux-policy-targeted-1.17.30-2.126.noarch.rpm
>   selinux-policy-targeted-sources-1.17.30-2.126.noarch.rpm
>   policycoreutils-1.18.1-4.9.i386.rpm
>
> and upgraded my distribution. Before installing the *sources* rpm, I
> removed /etc/selinux/targeted/src completely to make sure that there
> were no residual edited files.
>
> Unfortunately, when I run 'make load', I run into the same problem as
> I described earlier.
>
> Do you have any other advice for things that I can try?
>
> Thanks.
>
>   
> -g
>