Not able to start the new service through init.rc in Android

Issue

I am modifying init.rc in default Android to include the new service that I have created. It's just a script file (seed_generator.sh) that I am running once during the init process.

However I am getting an error which states below:

type=1400 audit(1462942010.690:5): avc:  denied  { execute_no_trans } for  pid=52 comm="init" path="/system/bin/seed_generator.sh" dev="mtdblock0" ino=436 scontext=u:r:init:s0 tcontext=u:object_r:system_file:s0 tclass=file permissive=0

I see that /system/bin/ has the seed_generator.sh and has the right permissions similar to the other services which are started from init.rc.

Could someone help me identify what is the problem? Regards

Solution

I found the problem was that SELinux policy for the seed_generator.sh was not defined. After defining this, it started working.

Answered By - Sameer Joshi