On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 15:29:15 +1030 Tim via users <[email protected]> wrote:
> Geoffrey Leach wrote: > > > A system that has been sitting for a while (so no recent upgrade) > > > rejects its password. Reset to simple 8-character, no joy. Caps > > > lock is not active. Any thoughts? > > &: > > Adding enforcing=0 to the boot parameters resolved the problem. > > /etc/selinux/config has SELINUX=enforcing. > > If only SELinux gave coherent error messages!!! > > It's own reports are incoherent, and other things fail due to it with > no indication that the problem was with SELinux rather than itself. > > You could try setting it to permissive, have it relabel the system, > set it back to enforcing, and see if things are working again > Thanks for the guidance. I have a theory. Tell me if it makes any sense. After installing F43 I copied a user directory from a disk that had backups from a non-SELinux system. Could that be the source of my problem? I have set the config to permissive. Is that OK for long term use? -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
