[CentOS] error in centos 4.2

Thu Jan 19 13:18:23 UTC 2006
Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists at hughesjr.com>

On Thu, 2006-01-19 at 21:08 +0800, Mark Quitoriano wrote:
> hi i just installed my system then shutit down. after booting it up i
> can't login to root so i did a linux rescue with the CD and when i
> tried to type passwd this error message appear?
> 
> "user_u:system_r:unconfined_t is not authorized to change the password
> of root"
> 
This looks like an SELINUX issue ... add selinux=0 as a switch to linux
rescue like this:

linux rescue selinux=0

(you where in a chroot after booting the rescue disk to change the
passwd, right?)

> -- 
> Regards,
> Mark Quitoriano, CCNA
> 
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