On 12/13/2014 11:42 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Dec 2014 09:52:35 -0500
> Tom Horsley <horsley1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Just a note for someone who might care about this:
>>
>> I foolishly forgot to disable selinux in a system
>> I created by copying all the files from a virtual image.
>>
>> When it booted, it said "I've got to relabel everything,
>> this may take a while."
>>
>> So I figured I'd just wait for it, then a few minutes
>> later a message came up about a watchdog expiring
>> and it rebooted the system.
>>
>> What fun :-). I assume it could have done that all day,
>> but I took advantage of the reboot to disable selinux.
> I'm curious --- after the reboot, selinux should continue
> relabeling remaining files, right? So I assume that after a certain
> numbers of reboots it would eventually finish and continue booting?
>
> Or not?
>
> Though I agree that selinux should somehow inform the watchdog that a
> global relabel is in progress and that it may take more time than
> usual...
>
> Best, :-)
> Marko
>
There should be an indicator on the screen telling you the progress of
the relabel.

DId this machine have a HUGE number of files on it?  SELinux should take
about as much
time as a find /  on a system.
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