Redundant SELinux mount options cause error and mounting fails
Issue
When SElinux options are specified both in /etc/fstab
and on the commandline of mount
, mounting fails:
# /bin/mount -o loop,context=system_u:object_r:public_content_t:s0 /mnt/rhel-server-6.3-x86_64-dvd/
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so
And the kernel logs an error on dmesg
:
# dmesg | tail -n1
SELinux: duplicate or incompatible mount options
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux <= 6.3
- util-linux-ng
- SELinux enabled
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