enabling MLS policy in RHEL 7.2 per RHEL7 SELinux Admin's Guide denies root login via tty, serial

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Issue

  1. Follow instructions from RHEL 7 SELinux Admin's Guide to enable MLS
  2. Login as root after the relabel/reboot
  3. Execute setenforce 1
  4. Try to login as root via a normal tty console or serial console and login fails

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
    • initscripts with version <= initscripts-9.49.30-1.el7_2.3

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