Why do I get unexpected “Operation not permitted” errors when trying to access files
Issue
- User cannot execute operations (e.g. read) on certain files even though the ownership and permissions appear to be correct.
- User gets error message when trying to access some file, e.g.
can't open file '<path to file>': [Errno 1] Operation not permitted
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- 8
- 9
- 10
fapolicydservice running
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