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MVFS or RWP fails to load after reboot on Secure Linux

Troubleshooting


Problem

This technote explains why the MVFS or RWP will fail to load if IBM® Rational® ClearCase® is installed on a SELinux™ (Secure Linux®) systems.

Symptom


Attempts to install ClearCase on Linux results in the following error:

  ClearCase daemons: /opt/rational/clearcase/etc/albd_server:
error while loading shared libraries:
/opt/rational/clearcase/shlib/libatriaxdr.so: cannot restore segment
prot after reloc: Permission denied
albd_server
/opt/rational/clearcase/etc/mount_mvfs: error while loading shared
libraries: /opt/rational/clearcase/shlib/libatriaxdr.so: cannot restore
segment prot after reloc: Permission denied
Trouble mounting the viewroot "/view"(16:127)
/opt/rational/clearcase/etc/mvfslog: error while loading shared
libraries: /opt/rational/clearcase/shlib/libatriaxdr.so: cannot restore
segment prot after reloc: Permission denied
Trouble setting MVFS kernel log file to
/var/adm/rational/clearcase/log/mvfs_log(2:127)
Mounting public VOBs...
/opt/rational/clearcase/bin/cleartool: error while loading shared
libraries: /opt/rational/clearcase/shlib/libatriaxdr.so: cannot restore
segment prot after reloc: Permission denied
Trouble mounting public VOBs(32:127)

Note: The following errors are reported in dmesg output during system startup after reboot when ClearCase is installed on SELinux:

Server1 kernel: SELinux: initialized (dev mvfs, type mvfs), not configured for labeling
Nov 29 11:12:39 Server1 kernel: audit(1133280759.779:2): avc:  denied  { mount } for  pid=3149 comm="mount_mvfs" name="/" dev=mvfs ino=1 scontext=user_u:system_r:initrc_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t tclass=filesystem
Nov 29 11:12:39 Server1 clearcase: mount_mvfs: Permission denied
Nov 29 11:12:39 Server1 clearcase: Trouble mounting the viewroot "/view"(16:22)

Error reported on ClearCase 7.1


[root@Server InstallerImage_linux]# ./install

Error loading: /root/ClearCaseInstall/media/InstallerImage_linux/jre_5.0.3.sr8a_20080811b/jre/bin/classic/libjvm.so: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied

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Modified date:
16 June 2018

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