On Jun 19, 2024, at 16:41, Joe Zeff <j...@zeff.us> wrote:
> 
> On 06/19/2024 02:31 PM, Jonathan Billings wrote:
>> So, if you’ve used a rescue disk to boot into Linux, chroot into your OS’s 
>> disk, and run “passwd” to change a password, or otherwise edit /etc/shadow 
>> or /etc/passwd (or other files in /etc), you most likely need to fix the 
>> selinux labels of those files. Easiest way to do this is to run “touch 
>> /.autorelabel” before exiting the chroot, then rebooting. That will force 
>> the OS to check the selinux labels on all the files in your filesystem upon 
>> boot. It might take some time.
> 
> Why don't you just KISS by following the instructions to reset the root 
> password, except that the command you need to run is:
> 
> passwd $USERNAME
> 
> using your regular account's username.

That still won’t fix SELinux labeling issues.

-- 
Jonathan Billings
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