rsyncd can't open log file, but there are no avc messages

[Johnny Tan]

Johnny Tan wrote:
> Paul Howarth wrote:
>>>>> It seems rsync_log_t is not defined. Can I somehow do this without 
>>>>> having rsync_log_t?
>>>>>
>>>>> It works fine when I don't use a symlink, so I assume rsync_log_t 
>>>>> is not necessary for this to work.
>>>>>
>>>>> But I need the symlink because I need the files to be stored in 
>>>>> /var/log/store, as opposed to /opt/solr/logs.
>>>> I thought from earlier messages you were on RHEL 5? I've tested this
>>>> module with CentOS 5.2 and it loads just fine.
>>>>
>>>> Which policy version are you using?
>>> selinux-policy-2.4.6-106.el5_1.3
>>>
>>> I haven't updated yet to 5.2
>>
>> Try adding the type definition to the top of the policy module (just
>> after the "policy_module" line):
>>
>> type rsync_log_t;
>> logging_log_file(rsync_log_t)
> 
> That still didn't recognize rsync_log_t. But I went ahead and upgraded 
> to 5.2, and my original selinux policy works -- it doesn't use 
> rsync_log_t at all.

Question:

Is it ok to update ONLY selinux-policy to the version that 
comes with 5.2 (and library, etc., dependencies) WITHOUT 
upgrading the kernel and everything else to their 5.2 versions?

johnn