denied {search} pam_console_app

[Daniel J Walsh]

Robin Bowes wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm seeing a whole raft of these msgs at boot:
>
> audit(1162812576.696:158): avc:  denied  { search } for  pid=523
> comm="pam_console_app" name="var" dev=dm-0 ino=229377
> scontext=system_u:system_r:pam_console_t:s0-s0:c0.c255
> tcontext=system_u:object_r:file_t:s0 tclass=dir
>
> audit2allow suggests this to fix:
>
> allow pam_console_t file_t:dir search;
>
> My question:
>
> Is this the right fix? Or is there some chcon magic I can do?
>
> R.
>
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You have a separate /var partition. and the /var directory that resides 
under the mounted /var is labeled incorrectly.  This is a problem with 
the installer that does not label it correctly.  Not sure why 
pam_console is reporting these.

1. You can boot single user mode without /var mounted and restorecon  /var
2. Add a loadable module with the line in it
files_dontaudit_search_isid_type_dirs(pam_console_t)
3. Wait for the next policy update to get that line.