Problem with existing user directories on F*

[Daniel J Walsh]

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Tony Molloy wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> After an install of F8 I have a problem with pre-existing user directories.
> 
> I did a full install of F8 with SELinux in enforcing mode and kept my existing 
> user directories in /users. At the end of the install I did a "fixfiles 
> relabel". Now when I try to login to my account I'm told that my home 
> directory does not exist. It does.
> 
> The problem appears to be SELinux because when I disable it everything works.
> 
> Some info:
> 
> ls -al| /home/testacc     ( account created during the install )
> 
> drwx------  testacc testacc system_u:object_r:user_home_dir_t .
> drwxr-xr-x  root    root    system_u:object_r:home_root_t    ..
> -rw-r--r--  testacc testacc system_u:object_r:user_home_t    .bash_logout
> ....
> 
> 
> ls -alZ /users/molloyt    ( my home directory )
> 
> drwx------  molloyt csstaff system_u:object_r:default_t      .
> drwxr-xr-x  root    root    system_u:object_r:default_t      ..
> -rw-r--r--  molloyt csstaff user_u:object_r:default_t        3rd-monday
> ....
> 
> The SELinux permissions on the home directory, the owing directory and the 
> contents of the home directory are wrong.
> 
> So two questions:
> 
> 1.  how can I reset the permissions. 
> 
> 2.  was the problem caused by the "fixfiles relabel" which I did at the end of
>      the install. If I had unmounted the /users partition before I did that
>      would I have been OK.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tony
> 
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What does molloyt entry in the /etcpasswd file look like?  IE Does it
list his homedir as /users/molloyt?

SELinux is supposed to figure out where home directories are and label
them correctly.


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