Re: problems with 2.4.0

From: Amon Ott <ao@rsbac.org>
Subject: Re: problems with 2.4.0
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 09:51:11 +0100

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On Sam, 06 Jan 2001 john huttley wrote:
> It seems extremely erratic.
> I've started by booting plain 2.4 and purging the  /rsbac directory and
> then by going to a rsbac kernel to apply AUTH fixes to  things like xfs,
> named, crond
> etc.
> 
> Then when I reboot it hangs at the point of "mounting local filesystems".
> its a hard lock too!

This must be when reading in existing attribute files. 

> If I purge /rsbac it will get past that point. Then when I reapply them it
> wont boot again!.
> 
> I have my "auth_set_cap"  statements in a script so its all very repeatable.
> 
> All 3 patches have been applied.

They should not change anything here.

> [snipped AUTH script, which looks fine]

What filesystem types are you mounting?

Could you please reboot the locking case with kernel switches
debug rsbac_debug_ds rsbac_debug_ds_auth rsbac_debug_ds_acl
and send the result to me (if you can, e.g. via serial console)?

Warning: this will give you loads of logging!

Amon.
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