NetworkManager Error creating state directory

[saadnabs]

Hello,

 

I have recently been seeing an error when I restart the NetworkManager service, I see the following:

 

[root@xxxx ~]# service NetworkManager start

Setting network parameters... [ OK ]

Starting NetworkManager daemon:

** (NetworkManager:8983): WARNING **: State file /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state parsing failed: (2) Error creating state directory /var/lib/NetworkManager: 13.

[ OK ]

 

Not sure why it can't create the NetworkManager directory. I don't see anything in /var/log/messages and don't know where else to look.

 

I tried to go ahead and create it manually and it still doesn't have permission:

 

Starting NetworkManager daemon:

** (NetworkManager:9531): WARNING **: State file /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state parsing failed: (2) Failed to create file '/var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state.JZR83U': Permission denied.

 

Anyone have any thoughts what could be causing this?

 

Thanks,

Nabeel

[willyo]

Apparently there's an upcoming selinux patch required on Fedora11 for this warning.

 

Google for "Error creating state directory /var/lib/NetworkManager" for the links....