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=Troubleshooting=
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==Diagnose SELinux Problems==
==Diagnosing and Fixing SELinux Problems==


If you have a suspicion that SELinux may be at the root of your problems, run:
If you have a suspicion that SELinux may be at the root of your problems, run:

Revision as of 22:20, 8 January 2016

Internal

Overview

How to Find Out Whether SELinux is Enabled

getenforce

If SELinux is enabled, the command will return "Enforcing".

Configuration

Install Management and Troubleshooting Tools

yum provides /usr/sbin/semanage
yum provides sealert
yum -y install policycoreutils-python
yum -y install setroubleshoot-server

Troubleshooting

Diagnosing and Fixing SELinux Problems

If you have a suspicion that SELinux may be at the root of your problems, run:

sealert -a /var/log/audit/audit.log

You may get an output similar to the following one, which helps diagnose the problem:

[...]
SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/httpd from write access on the file manager.node.nodes.lock.
[...]

The tools also suggest what to do to fix it.

Permission Denied when Trying to Write in a Directory

TODO, rationalize the following content: Media_Wiki_Installation#Fails_to_upload_images_with_.27Fatal_exception_of_type_.22MWException.22.27.