From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3F89DF39.9070005@cisco.com> Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 16:09:45 -0700 From: Michael Reilly MIME-Version: 1.0 To: russell@coker.com.au CC: SELinux@tycho.nsa.gov Subject: Re: How to get Xfree86 to run - old API References: <3F88FAEB.8000707@cisco.com> <200310121738.53945.russell@coker.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200310121738.53945.russell@coker.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov I first tried to run it as michaelr:staff_r:tstaff_t with the same results. I have startx.te in my policy (although the file startx.te itself has nothing but comments in it). I do see a couple of ifdef(`startx.te', ` in x_client_macros.te The policy statements enabled by the ifdef are iincluded n policy.conf. Why is nothing logged? michael Russell Coker wrote: > On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 16:55, Michael Reilly wrote: > >>When trying to run the Xfree86 server using startx as >>michaelr:sysadm_r:sysadm_t > > > This is probably not something that is desirable. startx often runs lots of > things that shouldn't have full access to the system. > > >>the server does not startup. This message is displayed >> >>Fatal server error: >>xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or directory) > > > Do you have startx.te compiled into your policy? > -- ---- ---- ---- Michael Reilly michaelr@cisco.com Cisco Systems, Santa Cruz, CA -- This message was distributed to subscribers of the selinux mailing list. If you no longer wish to subscribe, send mail to majordomo@tycho.nsa.gov with the words "unsubscribe selinux" without quotes as the message.