Re: mkfs.ext3: Permission denied while trying to determine filesystem size

[Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh redhat com>]

Justin Conover wrote:

> > Well, it looks like the problem is between mkfs and selinux.  The box
> > that works is set to
> >
> > # sestatus
> > SELinux status:                 disabled
> >
> >
> > While the one that doesn't work is running selinux, so is this a bug,
> > can anyone else mkfs on selinux=1 box's?  I haven't run into this
> > before and I know I have other box's running selinux that i've created
> > new fs on.
> >
> >    
>
> Forgot to include the fact I booted with selinux=0 and made the file system.
>
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You machine needs to be relabeled.  If you boot as selinux=0 you will 
need to relabel when you want to run
selinux again.  Using enforcing=0 (setenforce 0) is a better option, 
since it maintains the file context.
touch /.autorelabel
reboot

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