Re: Help with python seobject.loginRecords

[Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>]

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Joe Nall wrote:
> 
> On Mar 11, 2009, at 2:35 PM, Daniel J Walsh wrote:
> 
>> On 03/11/2009 12:15 PM, Joe Nall wrote:
>>> I need to add login mappings in python firstboot modules during system
>>> configuration. In my first module a simple:
>>>
>>> seobject.loginRecords().add(username, "siterep_u",
>>> "SystemLow-SystemHigh")
>>>
>>> works. In subsequent modules, I get an exception:
>>>
>>> libsemanage.enter_rw: this operation requires a transaction
>>> libsemanage.enter_rw: could not enter read-write section
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>> File "./t", line 6, in <module>
>>> seobject.loginRecords().add("test3", "sysadm_u", "SystemLow-SystemHigh")
>>> File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/seobject.py", line 442, in add
>>> raise error
>>> ValueError: Could not add login mapping for test3
>>>
>>> What is the right way to do this?
>>>
>>> joe
>>>
>>>
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>> Probably an MLS issue.  firtstboot is running in a context that is not
>> allowed to lock/manage selinux.
> 
> I'm installing in permissive and switching to enforcing after firstboot.
> You are correct that firstboot_t doesn't have the policy for all the
> stuff I'm trying to do yet.
> 
>> You probably should exec semanage rather then calling seobject so you
>> could do a transition and not have to give a huge app like first boot
>> the ability to manage security policy.
> 
> That is what is installing right now. I would still like an
> explanation/code snippet of correct usage for future use
> 
> joe
> 
> 
This works on F10 Targeted policy

# python -c "import seobject; seobject.loginRecords().add("pwalsh",
"staff_u", "s0")
# python -c 'import seobject; seobject.loginRecords().delete("pwalsh")'

Could it be a translation problem?


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