On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 00:20 +0100, Erik P. Olsen wrote: > On Sat, 2005-01-22 at 22:31 +0100, Paul Bijnens wrote: > > Erik P. Olsen wrote: > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] full]# su amanda -c "amlabel -f full full01" > > > rewinding, reading label full01 > > > rewinding, writing label full01, checking labelamlabel: couldn't write > > > tapelist: Permission denied > > > > > > Well, I thought it was permissions for the file tapelist and changed > > > that to full permission, but still got the same error. > > > > > > I then saw syslog had the following message: > > > > > > Jan 22 21:13:39 epo su(pam_unix)[9298]: session opened for user amanda > > > by erik(uid=0) > > > Jan 22 21:13:39 epo su[9298]: Warning! Could not relabel /dev/pts/1 > > > with user_u:object_r:devpts_t, not relabeling.Operation not permitted > > > Jan 22 21:13:39 epo su(pam_unix)[9298]: session closed for user amanda > > > > > > I have no idea whatsoever what this is all about. I would be grateful if > > > someone would explain to me what the heck it is and how I can satisfy > > > amlabel? > > > > FC3 ? > > Yes, I run FC3. > > > > The "relabel" in syslog has nothing to do with amlabel. You seem to > > have SElinux enabled. You have a problem with "su" being restricted > > by selinux. > > Very interesting. I have just today updated FC3 with some selinux > packages. Perhaps they are the culprits. > > > The fastest way is to disable selinux in /etc/config/selinux -- this > > needs a reboot.stuff > > The better way is study selinux, and configure the system to allow > > what you want. Studying takes a few days, at least... > > Maybe I should disable selinux until I understand how I can fix my > problem. I am most anxious to start backing my system up. > I have now disabled selinux and the warning message about relabeling has disappeared. However, amlabel still fails with the "Permission denied" message.
-- Regards, Erik P. Olsen