Firefox on strict policy
Daniel J Walsh
dwalsh at redhat.com
Mon Nov 27 19:53:15 UTC 2006
Ken wrote:
> I am attempting to get a strict policy working on my FC-6 system
> (version 2.4.3-2.fc6). I have successfully created a user account,
> and I can log both the root and the user account into the GUI. I am
> attempting to get Firefox to work and I am having difficulties. If I
> click on the Firefox icon, I see the program listed as opening, and it
> stays that way for a few seconds and then disappears. If I check the
> message log (var/log/messages), there are no messages (either avc or
> other) generated as a result of the attempt. This only happens when
> the policy is enforcing. When the policy is is not enforcing, Firefox
> loads properly -- also with no messages. I have noticed that Firefox
> is not writing to its .mozilla folder when the policy is enforcing,
> and that it does write to several files in this folder when it loads
> properly. This problem affects both my user account and the root
> account. Can someone please explain why I am not receiving any error
> messages (or any messages at all), and let me know what needs to be
> changed in order to load Firefox?
>
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check /var/log/audit/audit.log for avc messages.
I would guess you have a labeling problem on your home dir.
restorecon -R -v ~/
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