Public bug reported: After switching SELinux to enforcing, the systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service failed:
Mar 29 16:12:42 systemd-tmpfiles[546]: [/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/var.conf:14] Duplicate line for path "/var/log", ignoring. Mar 29 16:12:42 systemd-tmpfiles[546]: Unable to fix SELinux security context of /var: Permission denied Mar 29 16:12:42 systemd-tmpfiles[546]: Unable to fix SELinux security context of /var/log: Permission denied Mar 29 16:12:42 systemd-tmpfiles[546]: Unable to fix SELinux security context of /var/lib: Permission denied Mar 29 16:12:42 systemd-tmpfiles[546]: Unable to fix SELinux security context of /home: Permission denied Mar 29 16:12:42 systemd-tmpfiles[546]: Unable to fix SELinux security context of /srv: Permission denied Mar 29 16:12:42 systemd-tmpfiles[546]: Unable to fix SELinux security context of /var/lib/systemd: Permission denied Mar 29 16:12:42 systemd-tmpfiles[546]: Unable to fix SELinux security context of /var/lib/systemd/coredump: Permission denied Mar 29 16:12:43 systemd-tmpfiles[546]: Unable to fix SELinux security context of /var/cache: Permission denied Mar 29 16:12:43 systemd[1]: systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Mar 29 16:12:43 systemd[1]: Failed to start Create Volatile Files and Directories. Mar 29 16:12:43 systemd[1]: systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service: Unit entered failed state. Mar 29 16:12:43 systemd[1]: systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. No further AVC or audit.log is logged. When manually setting 'setenforce 0' and starting this service, it obviously works fine. My environment: # lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Xenial Xerus (development branch) Release: 16.04 (Build / packages from last night) # apt-cache policy systemd systemd: Installed: 229-3ubuntu1 Candidate: 229-3ubuntu1 If you need more infos, please drop a short note. ** Affects: systemd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1563354 Title: systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service fails after switching SELinux to enforcing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1563354/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs