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> Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 13:52:54 -0400
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Centos 6.5 workaround needed for selinux "Could not
> open policy file" bug
>
>
> On 05/20/2014 12:50 PM, Michael McNulty wrote:
>> I read about this bug in the Centos 6.2 faq and the link showing it fixed in
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=769859
>> but I am still getting it updating on a Centos 6.5 server that had selinux
>> disabled. I want to run selinux as permissive but it won't load now on
>> reboot.
>>
>> I ran the yum update to apply this latest selinux update
>> http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2014-May/020294.html
>> for centos-release-6-5.el6.centos.11.2.x86_64.
>>
>> Transaction Test Succeeded
>> Running Transaction
>> Installing : selinux-policy-3.7.19-231.el6_5.3.noarch
>> Installing : selinux-policy-targeted-3.7.19-231.el6_5.3.noarch
>> semodule: link.c:840: alias_copy_callback: Assertion `base_type->primary ==
>> target_type->s.value' failed.
>> SELinux: Could not open policy file <=
>> /etc/selinux/targeted/policy/policy.24: No such file or directory
>> Verifying : selinux-policy-3.7.19-231.el6_5.3.noarch
>> Verifying : selinux-policy-targeted-3.7.19-231.el6_5.3.noarch
>>
>> Installed:
>> selinux-policy.noarch 0:3.7.19-231.el6_5.3
>>
>> I tried yum reinstall, yum remove and yum install for
>> selinux-policy-targeted but I still receive the same error. I also enabled
>> selinux as permissive and rebooted but selinux still will not start as
>> permissive.
>>
>> Anyone have a work around to get selinux working as permissive with this
>> condition?
>>
>> thx
>>
>> Mike
>>
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> This seems strange. Try this.
>
> setenforce 0
> rm -rf /etc/selinux
> yum reinstall selinux-policy selinux-policy-targeted
> restorecon -R -v /etc/selinux
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That fixed it. After following the above I edited the /etc/selinux/config file
to change SELINUX from
enforcing to permissive before rebooting and it rebooted into permissive
mode without issue.
thx
Mike
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