A few questions....
1. Is the file /.autorelabel gone? It should be, after a relabel.
yes and I saw the relabeling operation. After that, the computer rebooted.
2. Do you happen to know what the labels were previously?
Halas, I do not know.
3. If you do a "restorecon /etc/passwd" is the label then
correct?
I guess no:
unconfined_u:object_r:passwd_file_t:s0 passwd
unconfined_u:object_r:shadow_t:s0 shadow
Frédéric