On Tuesday 10 January 2012 04:05:43 Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Monday 09 January 2012 15:29:59 Daniel J Walsh wrote: > > file_t means the file has no label, so the only way to create > > this type of file would be to remove the security attributes on > > the file. On an SELinux system, file_t should never be created, > > they are only created on a disabled SELinux system. I guess you > > could try to use chcon -t file_t on a file, but I believe the > > kernel will block that. Or you could attempt to delete the > > SELinux label, but that might also be denied. > > Ok, now I think I understand. The OP has stale files in /tmp which > are not labelled, due to not purging /tmp on reboot. SELinux > doesn't know how these files should be labelled, so it doesn't > even try, and gives them the type file_t, which is a synonym for > "this file doesn't have a type". > > So the answer for the OP is to use chcon on this file to label it > somehow. If that doesn't work, he should delete the file and > recreate it (while SELinux is active), so that it gets properly > labelled. > > I learned something new today. :-) Thanks for the explanation! > > Best, :-) > Marko > +1 I think I'm finally getting the hang of this SELinux. Tony > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos