rpm throws error with selinux enabled

rpm throws error with selinux enabled

[abcde efghi]

on rhel4 u3 x86_64 2.6.9-34.ELsmp kernel , when selinux is enabled, rpm
installation gives the error:
'scriptlet failed, exit status 255'

The default selinux settings are used
#cat /etc/sysconfig/selinux
SELINUX=enforcing
SELINUXTYPE=targeted

e.g. on installing asm rpms:
# rpm -ivh *.rpm
 Preparing...                ###########################################
@ [100%]
@    1:oracleasm-support      ###########################################
33%
error: %post(oracleasm-support-2.0.2-1.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status
255
    2:oracleasm-2.6.9-34.ELsm###########################################
 67%]
 error: %post(oracleasm-2.6.9-34.ELsmp-2.0.2-1.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit
 status 255
    3:oracleasmlib           ##########################################
 [100%]
 .
 However, asm rpms gets installed
 # rpm -qa | grep asm
 oracleasm-support-2.0.2-1
 oracleasmlib-2.0.2-1
 oracleasm-2.6.9-34.ELsmp-2.0.2-1

any help most welcome

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Re: rpm throws error with selinux enabled

[Daniel J Walsh]

abcde efghi wrote:
> on rhel4 u3 x86_64 2.6.9-34.ELsmp kernel , when selinux is enabled, rpm
> installation gives the error:
> 'scriptlet failed, exit status 255'
>
> The default selinux settings are used
> #cat /etc/sysconfig/selinux
> SELINUX=enforcing
> SELINUXTYPE=targeted
>
> e.g. on installing asm rpms:
> # rpm -ivh *.rpm
> Preparing...                ###########################################
> @ [100%]
> @    1:oracleasm-support      ###########################################
> 33%
> error: %post(oracleasm-support-2.0.2-1.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit 
> status
> 255
>    2:oracleasm-2.6.9-34.ELsm###########################################
> 67%]
> error: %post(oracleasm-2.6.9-34.ELsmp-2.0.2-1.x86_64) scriptlet 
> failed, exit
> status 255
>    3:oracleasmlib           ##########################################
> [100%]
> .
> However, asm rpms gets installed
> # rpm -qa | grep asm
> oracleasm-support-2.0.2-1
> oracleasmlib-2.0.2-1
> oracleasm-2.6.9-34.ELsmp-2.0.2-1
>
> any help most welcome
>
This type of question is better off asked on the fedora-selinux list.  
If you are using Fedora :^)
Are you seeing any AVC messages in /var/log/messages?  What policy 
version are you running?

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RE: rpm throws error with selinux enabled

[Osborn, Justin D.]

This is an old issue where SELinux was enforcing something even when it
was disabled.  The details escape me but essentially it prevented rpm
from running scripts that contained ldconfig in the post install script.
I had the same problem and had a dickens of a time tracking it down
because it's such an odd symptom.  Updating to a newer kernel/libselinux
(or new RHEL4 update) should do the trick.

Justin 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov [mailto:owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov]
On Behalf Of Daniel J Walsh
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 10:20 AM
To: abcde efghi
Cc: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov; Stephen Smalley
Subject: Re: rpm throws error with selinux enabled

abcde efghi wrote:
> on rhel4 u3 x86_64 2.6.9-34.ELsmp kernel , when selinux is enabled, 
> rpm installation gives the error:
> 'scriptlet failed, exit status 255'
>
> The default selinux settings are used
> #cat /etc/sysconfig/selinux
> SELINUX=enforcing
> SELINUXTYPE=targeted
>
> e.g. on installing asm rpms:
> # rpm -ivh *.rpm
> Preparing...
###########################################
> @ [100%]
> @    1:oracleasm-support
###########################################
> 33%
> error: %post(oracleasm-support-2.0.2-1.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit 
> status
> 255
>    
> 2:oracleasm-2.6.9-34.ELsm###########################################
> 67%]
> error: %post(oracleasm-2.6.9-34.ELsmp-2.0.2-1.x86_64) scriptlet 
> failed, exit status 255
>    3:oracleasmlib           ##########################################
> [100%]
> .
> However, asm rpms gets installed
> # rpm -qa | grep asm
> oracleasm-support-2.0.2-1
> oracleasmlib-2.0.2-1
> oracleasm-2.6.9-34.ELsmp-2.0.2-1
>
> any help most welcome
>
This type of question is better off asked on the fedora-selinux list.  
If you are using Fedora :^)
Are you seeing any AVC messages in /var/log/messages?  What policy
version are you running?

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