I noticed that syslog-ng occasionally fails too start, upon closer examination it seems to be related to rlpkg -a -r. After disabling SELinux and /etc/init.d/syslog-ng start it works till next rlpkg -a -r From dmesg | grep syslog: [ 24.847443] type=1400 audit(1325798987.159:49): avc: denied { read write } for pid=1954 comm="syslog-ng" name="syslog-ng.persist-" dev=dm-0 ino=3375570 scontext=system_u:system_r:syslogd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_lib_t tclass=file When running /etc/init.d/syslog-ng start manually (without disabling SELinux): * Starting syslog-ng ... Error creating persistent state file; filename='/var/lib/misc/syslog-ng.persist-', error='Permission denied (13)' * start-stop-daemon: failed to start `/usr/sbin/syslog-ng' * Failed to start syslog-ng [ !! ] * ERROR: syslog-ng failed to start Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. rlpkg -a -r 2. reboot 3. syslog-ng doesn't start Actual Results: * Starting syslog-ng ... * start-stop-daemon: failed to start `/usr/sbin/syslog-ng' * Failed to start syslog-ng [ !! ] * ERROR: syslog-ng failed to start Expected Results: It starts Portage 2.1.10.44 (hardened/linux/amd64/selinux, gcc-4.5.3, glibc-2.14.1-r2, 3.1.6-hardened x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.1.6-hardened-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i3_CPU_M_350_@_2.27GHz-with-gentoo-2.1 Timestamp of tree: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:00:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.2_p20 dev-lang/python: 2.7.2-r3, 3.2.2 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.6-r4 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.26 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.1 sys-apps/openrc: 0.9.7 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.68 sys-devel/automake: 1.11.2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.22-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.5.3-r2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.5-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.2 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r3 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.1 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.14.1-r2 Repositories: gentoo hardened-dev my_local_overlay ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA PUEL" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=y" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox selinux sesandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" FFLAGS="" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j4" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/var/lib/layman/hardened-development /usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acpi alsa amd64 berkdb bzip2 cli consolekit cracklib crypt cxx dbus dri gdbm gif gpm hardened iconv jpeg justify kde mmx modules mudflap multilib ncurses networkmanager nls nptl nptlonly open_perms opengl openmp pam pax_kernel pcre png policykit pppd qt3support qt4 readline selinux semantic-desktop session sse sse2 ssl ssse3 sysfs system-sqlite tcpd truetype udev unicode urandom usb vim-syntax xinerama xorg zlib zsh-completion" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby19" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nouveau" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
What was I thinking... dmesg | grep syslog with SELinux in permissive mode from running /etc/init.s/syslog-ng start: [ 95.481111] type=1400 audit(1325800781.833:566): avc: denied { read write } for pid=2355 comm="syslog-ng" name="syslog-ng.persist-" dev=dm-0 ino=3375580 scontext=system_u:system_r:syslogd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_lib_t tclass=file [ 95.481122] type=1400 audit(1325800781.833:567): avc: denied { open } for pid=2355 comm="syslog-ng" name="syslog-ng.persist-" dev=dm-0 ino=3375580 scontext=system_u:system_r:syslogd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_lib_t tclass=file [ 95.481248] type=1400 audit(1325800781.833:568): avc: denied { getattr } for pid=2355 comm="syslog-ng" path="/var/lib/misc/syslog-ng.persist" dev=dm-0 ino=3375570 scontext=system_u:system_r:syslogd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_lib_t tclass=file [ 95.495698] type=1400 audit(1325800781.849:569): avc: denied { rename } for pid=2355 comm="syslog-ng" name="syslog-ng.persist-" dev=dm-0 ino=3375580 scontext=system_u:system_r:syslogd_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:var_lib_t tclass=file
Can you try: ~# semanage fcontext -a -t syslogd_var_lib_t /var/lib/misc/syslog-ng\.persist and try again?
semanage fcontext -a -t syslogd_var_lib_t /var/lib/misc/syslog-ng\.persist- does the job (do notice "-" at end)
Will be added in r12 as well
In hardened-dev overlay
Works fine
-r13 in main tree ~arch'ed
Stabilized
