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jasper1378

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Registered: 2022-01-27

Posts: 3

Can't boot after installing SELinux

Hello all,

I recently installed/configured SELinux following the instructions on the wiki. I am using selinux-refpolicy-src (as per the wiki instructions). Everything seemed to be working fine until I switched the mode from "permissive" to "enforce" in /etc/selinux/config and rebooted, I was then unable to boot.

The errors while booting is as follows:

Starting version 250.2-2-arch
/dev/nvme0n1p3: clean, 819498/29917184, 64685069/119655761 blocks
[FAILED] Failed to listen on Journal Audit Socket.
[FAILED] Failed to start Create List of Static Device Nodes.
[FAILED] Failed to start Create List of Static Device Nodes.
[FAILED] Failed to start Create List of Static Device Nodes.
[FAILED] Failed to start Create List of Static Device Nodes.
[FAILED] Failed to start Create List of Static Device Nodes.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

EDIT:

While using selinux-refpolicy-arch I get the following errors while booting:

Starting version 250.2-2-arch
/dev/nvme0n1p3: clean, 819498/29917184, 64685069/119655761 blocks
[FAILED] Failed to start Monitoring of LVM2 mirrors, snapshots, etc. 
[FAILED] Failed to start Create System Users.
[FAILED] Failed to start Restorecon maintaining path file context.
[FAILED] Failed to start D-Bus System Message Bus.
[DEPEND] Dependency failed for Serv?s without the GUI application.
[FAILED] Failed to start Network Manager.
[FAILED] Failed to start D-Bus System Message Bus.
[FAILED] Failed to start Network Manager.
[FAILED] Failed to start D-Bus System Message Bus.
[FAILED] Failed to start D-Bus System Message Bus.
[FAILED] Failed to start D-Bus System Message Bus.
[FAILED] Failed to start Network Manager.
[FAILED] Failed to listen on D-Bus System Message Bus Socket.
[DEPEND] Dependency failed for User Login Management.
[DEPEND] Dependency failed for Network Manager.
[DEPEND] Dependency failed for Light Display Manager.
[FAILED] Failed to listen on D-Bus System Message Bus Socket.
[DEPEND] Dependency failed for Bluetooth service.

EDIT 2:

Based on advice that I received elsewhere, it seems like it's not worth setting up SELinux on Arch unless I'm extra concerned about security (which I'm not). And if I was concerned about security, I should use a distro that comes with SELinux by default.

I'd still love to know how to solve the errors I received (for educational purposes).

Last edited by jasper1378 (2022-01-28 15:22:25)