I subscribe, it doesn't happen on a 6.2 system... _BUT_ on one email above, someone was complaining on errors... I wonder if: 6.1 -> selinux-policy-3.7.19-93.el6_1.7.noarch 6.2 -> selinux-policy-3.7.19-126.el6_2.3.noarch It seems to me it's a failed update, but not for sure an upstream bug. NM 2011/12/19 Alan Bartlett <[log in to unmask]>: > On 19 December 2011 20:34, Morten Stevens <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> On 19.12.2011 21:07, Pat Riehecky wrote: >>> >>> On 12/19/2011 09:07 AM, Stephan Wiesand wrote: >>>> >>>> On Dec 17, 2011, at 14:40 , Morten Stevens wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 17.12.2011 03:30, Steven Haigh wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I noticed that all my SL6x systems have updated to the following >>>>>> selinux packages overnight: >>>>>> selinux-policy noarch 3.7.19-126.el6 sl6x-security 771 k >>>>>> selinux-policy-targeted noarch 3.7.19-126.el6 sl6x-security 2.5 M >>>>>> >>>>>> In the email logs on every system I notice: >>>>>> SELinux: Could not downgrade policy file >>>>>> /etc/selinux/targeted/policy/policy.24, searching for an older >>>>>> version. >>>>>> SELinux: Could not open policy file<= >>>>>> /etc/selinux/targeted/policy/policy.24: No such file or directory >>>>>> load_policy: Can't load policy: No such file or directory >>>>>> >>>>>> As I usually disable SELinux on all my systems, I'm not sure if this >>>>>> will have any effect for those who still run with SELinux enabled - >>>>>> but it seems strange so I thought I'd report it... >>>>> >>>>> This is an upstream bug... I see this error message on all my systems. >>>> >>>> Hmm... I don't observe this on my systems, whether or not SELinux is >>>> disabled. >>>> >>>> Stephan >>>> >>> I will echo Stephan's observations on this. I checked 4 systems (2 - >>> i386, 2 - x86_64; one enforcing one disabled for each arch) and I was >>> unable to generate the error listed. >>> >>> Pat >> >> >> Hi, >> >> That's strange ... I see this error message on every el6 based system. >> >> For example: >> >> [root@x86-014 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release >> Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 (Santiago) >> >> [root@x86-014 ~]# sestatus >> SELinux status: disabled >> >> [root@x86-014 ~]# yum update >> >> ... >> >> Updating : selinux-policy-targeted-3.7.19-126.el6_2.3.noarch 99/247 >> SELinux: Could not downgrade policy file >> /etc/selinux/targeted/policy/policy.24, searching for an older version. >> SELinux: Could not open policy file <= >> /etc/selinux/targeted/policy/policy.24: No such file or directory >> >> Best regards, >> >> Morten > > Not seen / experienced on a RHEL 6.2 system -- > > [quote] > [ajb@Duo2 ~]$ uname -r > 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 > [ajb@Duo2 ~]$ cat /etc/issue > Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2 (Santiago) > Kernel \r on an \m > > [ajb@Duo2 ~]$ rpm -qa redhat-release\* > redhat-release-server-6Server-6.2.0.3.el6.x86_64 > [ajb@Duo2 ~]$ rpm -qa \*selinux\* > selinux-policy-3.7.19-126.el6_2.3.noarch > selinux-policy-targeted-3.7.19-126.el6_2.3.noarch > libselinux-utils-2.0.94-5.2.el6.x86_64 > libselinux-2.0.94-5.2.el6.x86_64 > libselinux-python-2.0.94-5.2.el6.x86_64 > [ajb@Duo2 ~]$ sestatus > SELinux status: enabled > SELinuxfs mount: /selinux > Current mode: enforcing > Mode from config file: enforcing > Policy version: 24 > Policy from config file: targeted > [ajb@Duo2 ~]$ > [/quote] > > Alan. -- Nelson Marques /* http://www.marques.so [log in to unmask] */